diff --git a/packages/router/src/events.ts b/packages/router/src/events.ts
index e8767685f1..fb729882f2 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/events.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/events.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ export type NavigationTrigger = 'imperative' | 'popstate' | 'hashchange';
  * ```
  * class MyService {
  *   constructor(public router: Router, logger: Logger) {
- *     router.events.filter(e => e instanceof RouterEvent).subscribe(e => {
+ *     router.events.pipe(
+ *       filter(e => e instanceof RouterEvent)
+ *     ).subscribe(e => {
  *       logger.log(e.id, e.url);
  *     });
  *   }