diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9800c70c..f80480c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ async function updatePost(mutationId: string, content: string) {
 }
 
 // create a new model instance called 'post' by passing the sync and merge functions
-const model = await modelsClient.models.get<Post>({
+const model = modelsClient.models.get<Post>({
   name: 'post',
   channelName: 'models:posts',
   $sync: sync,
diff --git a/docs/concepts/usage.md b/docs/concepts/usage.md
index 9ad6222c..32a14dab 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/usage.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/usage.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Note that we pass in the shape of our data model (`Post`) as a type parameter.
 In order to instantiate the model, we need to pass some *registrations* which link up the model to your application code.
 
 ```ts
-const model = await modelsClient.models.get<Post>({
+const model = modelsClient.models.get<Post>({
   name: /* ... */,
   channelName: /* ... */,
   $sync: /* ... */,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async function sync() {
   return result.json();
 }
 
-const model = await modelsClient.models.get<Post>({
+const model = modelsClient.models.get<Post>({
   $sync: /* ... */,
   /* other registrations */
 })