diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c89573394..b894470c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ date parsing strategy than the default one you could do that with a transform.
 
 ```js
 module.exports = function (formats = 'MMM dd, yyyy') {
-  return date().transform(function (value, originalvalue) {
+  return date().transform(function (value, originalValue) {
     // check to see if the previous transform already parsed the date
     if (this.isType(value)) return value;