diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/vertx-reference.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/vertx-reference.adoc
index fdcc107d726fb..eed2eadb4d316 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/vertx-reference.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/vertx-reference.adoc
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ So use SockJS, you need to configure the bridge, especially the addresses that w
 
 [source, java]
 ----
-package org.acme.vertx;
+package org.acme;
 
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.ext.bridge.PermittedOptions;
@@ -875,9 +875,13 @@ public class SockJsExample {
 
     public void init(@Observes Router router) {
         SockJSHandler sockJSHandler = SockJSHandler.create(vertx);
-        sockJSHandler.bridge(new SockJSBridgeOptions()
+        Router bridge = sockJSHandler.bridge(new SockJSBridgeOptions()
                 .addOutboundPermitted(new PermittedOptions().setAddress("ticks")));
-        router.route("/eventbus/*").handler(sockJSHandler);
+        router.route("/eventbus/*").subRouter(bridge);
+
+        AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
+        vertx.setPeriodic(1000,
+                ignored -> vertx.eventBus().publish("ticks", counter.getAndIncrement()));
     }
 
 }