diff --git a/packages/tool-cache/README.md b/packages/tool-cache/README.md
index 4c360ba9..92ec54af 100644
--- a/packages/tool-cache/README.md
+++ b/packages/tool-cache/README.md
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ These can then be extracted in platform specific ways:
 const tc = require('@actions/tool-cache');
 
 if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-  tc.downloadTool('http://nodejs.org/dist/v12.7.0/node-v12.7.0-win-x64.zip');
+  const node12Path = tc.downloadTool('http://nodejs.org/dist/v12.7.0/node-v12.7.0-win-x64.zip');
   const node12ExtractedFolder = await tc.extractZip(node12Path, 'path/to/extract/to');
-  
+
   // Or alternately
-  tc.downloadTool('http://nodejs.org/dist/v12.7.0/node-v12.7.0-win-x64.7z');
+  const node12Path = tc.downloadTool('http://nodejs.org/dist/v12.7.0/node-v12.7.0-win-x64.7z');
   const node12ExtractedFolder = await tc.extract7z(node12Path, 'path/to/extract/to');
 }
 else {