diff --git a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-data-cosmos/README.md b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-data-cosmos/README.md
index ad965745804a..0f6833f27046 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-data-cosmos/README.md
+++ b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-data-cosmos/README.md
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ to share throughput between containers, you can enable database provisioned thro
 ```java
 @Override
 public CosmosConfig cosmosConfig() {
-    int autoscale = false; 
+    boolean autoscale = false; 
     int initialRequestUnits = 400;
     return CosmosConfig.builder()
                        .enableDatabaseThroughput(autoscale, initialRequestUnits)