diff --git a/docs/modules/utils/combine_docs_examples/vectorstores.ipynb b/docs/modules/utils/combine_docs_examples/vectorstores.ipynb
index 7edfb49230..6ead1c8532 100644
--- a/docs/modules/utils/combine_docs_examples/vectorstores.ipynb
+++ b/docs/modules/utils/combine_docs_examples/vectorstores.ipynb
@@ -483,7 +483,10 @@
     "import pinecone \n",
     "\n",
     "# initialize pinecone\n",
-    "pinecone.init(api_key=\"\", environment=\"us-west1-gcp\")\n",
+    "pinecone.init(\n",
+    "    api_key=\"YOUR_API_KEY\",  # find at app.pinecone.io\n",
+    "    environment=\"YOUR_ENV\"  # next to api key in console\n",
+    ")\n",
     "\n",
     "index_name = \"langchain-demo\"\n",
     "\n",