diff --git a/doc/usage.md b/doc/usage.md
index a2712f26c..488a447d1 100644
--- a/doc/usage.md
+++ b/doc/usage.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CREATE TABLE blog_post
     title text NOT NULL,
     body text NOT NULL,
     author text NOT NULL,
-    published_at timestamp  NOT NULL,
+    published_at timestamptz  NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     views bigint NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY(id)
 ) USING orioledb;