diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f261b6c..b2855b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ Additionally, a video tutorial by [Mitch McCollum (finepointcgi)](https://github
     **Example usage**:
 
     ```gdscript
-    var query_string : String = "SELECT ? FROM company WHERE age < ?;"
-    var param_bindings : Array = ["name", 24]
+    var column_name : String = "name";
+    var query_string : String = "SELECT %s FROM company WHERE age < ?;" % [column_name]
+    var param_bindings : Array = [24]
     var success = db.query_with_bindings(query_string, param_bindings)
     # Executes following query: 
     # SELECT name FROM company WHERE age < 24;
diff --git a/doc_classes/SQLite.xml b/doc_classes/SQLite.xml
index 580f9bc..14751e8 100644
--- a/doc_classes/SQLite.xml
+++ b/doc_classes/SQLite.xml
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@
 				Binds the parameters contained in the [code]param_bindings[/code]-variable to the query. Using this function stops any possible attempts at SQL data injection as the parameters are sanitized. More information regarding parameter bindings can be found [url=https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/bind_blob.html]here[/url].
 				[b]Example usage[/b]:
 				[codeblock]
-				var query_string : String = "SELECT ? FROM company WHERE age &lt; ?;"
-				var param_bindings : Array = ["name", 24]
+				var column_name : String = "name"
+				var query_string : String = "SELECT %s FROM company WHERE age &lt; ?;" % [column_name]
+				var param_bindings : Array = [24]
 				var success = db.query_with_bindings(query_string, param_bindings)
 				# Executes following query: 
 				# SELECT name FROM company WHERE age &lt; 24;