diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/README.md b/google-cloud-bigquery/README.md
index 616494887e3b..58fa641af081 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/README.md
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/README.md
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ QueryRequest queryRequest =
         .build();
 // Request query to be executed and wait for results
 QueryResponse queryResponse = bigquery.query(queryRequest);
-while (!queryResponse.jobComplete()) {
+while (!queryResponse.jobCompleted()) {
   Thread.sleep(1000L);
   queryResponse = bigquery.getQueryResults(queryResponse.getJobId());
 }