diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77709f6..aa140fb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ To create a simple gRPC client, you can use the Spring Boot starter (see above -
 ```java
 @Bean
 SimpleGrpc.SimpleBlockingStub stub(GrpcChannelFactory channels) {
-	return SimpleGrpc.newBlockingStub(channels.createChannel("0.0.0.0:9090").build());
+	return SimpleGrpc.newBlockingStub(channels.createChannel("0.0.0.0:9090"));
 }
 ```
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ The default `GrpcChannelFactory` implementation can also create a "named" channe
 ```java
 @Bean
 SimpleGrpc.SimpleBlockingStub stub(GrpcChannelFactory channels) {
-	return SimpleGrpc.newBlockingStub(channels.createChannel("local").build());
+	return SimpleGrpc.newBlockingStub(channels.createChannel("local"));
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/spring-grpc-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/getting-started.adoc b/spring-grpc-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/getting-started.adoc
index 28683be..64818bc 100644
--- a/spring-grpc-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/getting-started.adoc
+++ b/spring-grpc-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/getting-started.adoc
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ To create a simple gRPC client, you can use the Spring Boot starter (see above -
 ----
 @Bean
 SimpleGrpc.SimpleBlockingStub stub(GrpcChannelFactory channels) {
-	return SimpleGrpc.newBlockingStub(channels.createChannel("0.0.0.0:9090").build());
+	return SimpleGrpc.newBlockingStub(channels.createChannel("0.0.0.0:9090"));
 }
 ----
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ The default `GrpcChannelFactory` implementation can also create a "named" channe
 ----
 @Bean
 SimpleGrpc.SimpleBlockingStub stub(GrpcChannelFactory channels) {
-	return SimpleGrpc.newBlockingStub(channels.createChannel("local").build());
+	return SimpleGrpc.newBlockingStub(channels.createChannel("local"));
 }
 ----