diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/Performance/PolynomialReDoS.qhelp b/javascript/ql/src/Performance/PolynomialReDoS.qhelp
index 78746df38ad..210a4a8a84b 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/src/Performance/PolynomialReDoS.qhelp
+++ b/javascript/ql/src/Performance/PolynomialReDoS.qhelp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 		</p>
 
 		<sample language="javascript">
-			^0\.\d+E?\d+$ // BAD
+			/^0\.\d+E?\d+$/.test(str) // BAD
 		</sample>
 
 		<p>