diff --git a/01_getting_started/hello_world.py b/01_getting_started/hello_world.py
index 1ef43d63e..a3fe60329 100644
--- a/01_getting_started/hello_world.py
+++ b/01_getting_started/hello_world.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def f(i):
 #
 # Inside the `main()` function body, we are calling the function `f` in three ways:
 #
-# 1  As a simple local call, `f(1000)`
+# 1  As a simple local call, `f.local(1000)`
 # 2. As a simple *remote* call `f.remote(1000)`
 # 3. By mapping over the integers `0..19`
 
diff --git a/11_notebooks/basic.ipynb b/11_notebooks/basic.ipynb
index 739b52181..0e77e9893 100644
--- a/11_notebooks/basic.ipynb
+++ b/11_notebooks/basic.ipynb
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "with stub.run():\n",
-    "    print(quadruple(100))\n",
+    "    print(quadruple.local(100))\n",
     "    print(quadruple.remote(100))  # run remotely\n",
     "    result = quadruple.remote(10_000_000)"
    ]