diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/README.md
index cba7875702392..4f821b470faee 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/README.md
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ couple of the tasks available are:
 * `tasks.InvokeActivity` -- start an Activity (Activities represent a work
   queue that you poll on a compute fleet you manage yourself)
 * `tasks.InvokeFunction` -- invoke a Lambda function with function ARN
-* `tasks.InvokeBatchJob` -- invoke a Batch job
+* `tasks.RunBatchJob` -- run a Batch job
 * `tasks.RunLambdaTask` -- call Lambda as integrated service with magic ARN
 * `tasks.PublishToTopic` -- publish a message to an SNS topic
 * `tasks.SendToQueue` -- send a message to an SQS queue
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ const batchJobDefinition = new batch.JobDefinition(this, 'JobDefinition', {
 });
 
 const task = new sfn.Task(this, 'Submit Job', {
-  task: new tasks.InvokeBatchJob({
+  task: new tasks.RunBatchJob({
     jobDefinition: batchJobDefinition,
     jobName: 'MyJob',
     jobQueue: batchQueue