diff --git a/examples/basic-auth-hook.js b/examples/basic-auth-hook.js
index 70ec49a3fe..7d09b27278 100644
--- a/examples/basic-auth-hook.js
+++ b/examples/basic-auth-hook.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function basicAuthentication(app) {
             return res
                 .status('401')
                 .set({ 'WWW-Authenticate': 'Basic realm="example"' })
-                .send('access denied');
+                .end('access denied');
         }
     });