diff --git a/content/library/components/components-api.md b/content/library/components/components-api.md
index 5d7b31c23..66ea84b4e 100644
--- a/content/library/components/components-api.md
+++ b/content/library/components/components-api.md
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ Clone the [component-template GitHub repo](https://github.com/streamlit/componen
    # React template
    cd template
    . venv/bin/activate # or similar to activate the venv/conda environment where Streamlit is installed
-   streamlit run my_component/__init__.py # run the example
+   streamlit run my_component/example.py # run the example
 
    # or
 
    # TypeScript-only template
    cd template-reactless
    . venv/bin/activate # or similar to activate the venv/conda environment where Streamlit is installed
-   streamlit run my_component/__init__.py # run the example
+   streamlit run my_component/example.py # run the example
    ```
 
 After running the steps above, you should see a Streamlit app in your browser that looks like this: