diff --git a/langchain/embeddings/cohere.py b/langchain/embeddings/cohere.py
index 527bb2c537..e4fe18b247 100644
--- a/langchain/embeddings/cohere.py
+++ b/langchain/embeddings/cohere.py
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ class CohereEmbeddings(BaseModel, Embeddings):
         .. code-block:: python
 
             from langchain.embeddings import CohereEmbeddings
-            cohere = CohereEmbeddings(model="medium", cohere_api_key="my-api-key")
+            cohere = CohereEmbeddings(
+                model="embed-english-light-v2.0", cohere_api_key="my-api-key"
+            )
     """
 
     client: Any  #: :meta private:
-    model: str = "large"
+    model: str = "embed-english-v2.0"
     """Model name to use."""
 
     truncate: Optional[str] = None