diff --git a/docs/_includes/js/scrollspy.html b/docs/_includes/js/scrollspy.html
index 84370a7bf2..7d5fa5b496 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/js/scrollspy.html
+++ b/docs/_includes/js/scrollspy.html
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ body {
 }
 {% endhighlight %}
 {% highlight html %}
-<body data-spy="scroll" data-target=".navbar-example">
+<body data-spy="scroll" data-target="#navbar-example">
   ...
-  <div class="navbar-example">
+  <div id="navbar-example">
     <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist">
       ...
     </ul>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ body {
   <h3>Via JavaScript</h3>
   <p>After adding <code>position: relative;</code> in your CSS, call the scrollspy via JavaScript:</p>
 {% highlight js %}
-$('body').scrollspy({ target: '.navbar-example' })
+$('body').scrollspy({ target: '#navbar-example' })
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 
