diff --git a/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md b/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md
index 1103e6720..bcc0aba18 100644
--- a/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md
+++ b/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ First, clone the fio source repository from https://github.com/axboe/fio
 
     git clone https://github.com/axboe/fio
 
-Then check out the fio 2.21:
+Then check out the fio 3.3:
 
-    cd fio && git checkout fio-2.21
+    cd fio && git checkout fio-3.3
 
 Finally, compile the code: