diff --git a/docs/pages/developing-in-workspaces/environment-variables-in-devcontainer-json.mdx b/docs/pages/developing-in-workspaces/environment-variables-in-devcontainer-json.mdx
index cd0a0e457..06933c5f1 100644
--- a/docs/pages/developing-in-workspaces/environment-variables-in-devcontainer-json.mdx
+++ b/docs/pages/developing-in-workspaces/environment-variables-in-devcontainer-json.mdx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ please follow the steps below to make sure that your environment variables are p
 ```json
 {
     "name": "Node.js",
-    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/javascript-node:IMAGE_VERSION"
+    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/javascript-node:${localEnv:IMAGE_VERSION}"
 }
 ```