diff --git a/docs/api-reference.md b/docs/api-reference.md
index 9db18ab..c8beafb 100644
--- a/docs/api-reference.md
+++ b/docs/api-reference.md
@@ -157,7 +157,12 @@ Run `chroma run --path /db_path` to run the Chroma backend as a standalone serve
 ## Initialize client - JS
 
 ```javascript
-import { ChromaClient } from "chromadb";
+// CJS
+const { ChromaClient } = require("chromadb");
+
+// ESM
+import { ChromaClient } from 'chromadb'
+
 const client = new ChromaClient();
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/embeddings.md b/docs/embeddings.md
index c6031f2..d33d036 100644
--- a/docs/embeddings.md
+++ b/docs/embeddings.md
@@ -136,7 +136,13 @@ openai_ef = embedding_functions.OpenAIEmbeddingFunction(
 <TabItem value="js" label="JavaScript">
 
 ```javascript
+//CJS
 const {OpenAIEmbeddingFunction} = require('chromadb');
+
+//ESM
+import {OpenAIEmbeddingFunction} from 'chromadb'
+
+
 const embedder = new OpenAIEmbeddingFunction({openai_api_key: "apiKey"})
 
 // use directly 
@@ -172,7 +178,12 @@ cohere_ef(texts=["document1","document2"])
 <TabItem value="js" label="JavaScript">
 
 ```javascript
+//CJS
 const {CohereEmbeddingFunction} = require('chromadb');
+
+//ESM
+import {CohereEmbeddingFunction} from 'chromadb'
+
 const embedder = new CohereEmbeddingFunction("apiKey")
 
 // use directly 
@@ -215,7 +226,12 @@ cohere_ef(texts=multilingual_texts)
 <TabItem value="js" label="JavaScript">
 
 ```javascript
+//CJS
 const {CohereEmbeddingFunction} = require('chromadb');
+
+//ESM
+import {CohereEmbeddingFunction} from 'chromadb'
+
 const embedder = new CohereEmbeddingFunction("apiKey")
 
 multilingual_texts  = [ 'Hello from Cohere!', 'مرحبًا من كوهير!', 
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index af02963..8161edd 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -69,7 +69,12 @@ chroma run --path /db_path
 Then create a client which connects to it:
 
 ```js
+// CJS
 const { ChromaClient } = require("chromadb");
+
+// ESM
+import { ChromaClient } from 'chromadb'
+
 const client = new ChromaClient();
 ```
 
@@ -98,7 +103,12 @@ Please take steps to secure your API when interacting with frontend systems.
 :::
 
 ```js
+// CJS
 const { OpenAIEmbeddingFunction } = require("chromadb");
+
+// ESM
+import { OpenAIEmbeddingFunction } from 'chromadb'
+
 const embedder = new OpenAIEmbeddingFunction({
   openai_api_key: "your_api_key",
 });
diff --git a/docs/usage-guide.md b/docs/usage-guide.md
index ade035d..8350668 100644
--- a/docs/usage-guide.md
+++ b/docs/usage-guide.md
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ Having many clients that are loading and saving to the same path can cause stran
 <TabItem value="js" label="JavaScript">
 
 ```js
-import { ChromaClient } from "chromadb";
+// CJS
+const { ChromaClient } = require("chromadb");
+
+// ESM
+import { ChromaClient } from 'chromadb'
 ```
 
 :::note Connecting to the backend
@@ -153,7 +157,12 @@ chroma run --path /db_path
 The JS client then talks to the chroma server backend.
 
 ```js
-import { ChromaClient } from "chromadb";
+// CJS
+const { ChromaClient } = require("chromadb");
+
+// ESM
+import { ChromaClient } from 'chromadb'
+
 const client = new ChromaClient();
 ```
 
@@ -196,7 +205,11 @@ The embedding function takes text as input, and performs tokenization and embedd
 <TabItem value="js" label="JavaScript">
 
 ```js
-import { ChromaClient } from "chromadb";
+// CJS
+const { ChromaClient } = require("chromadb");
+
+// ESM
+import { ChromaClient } from 'chromadb'
 ```
 
 The JS client talks to a chroma server backend. This can run on your local computer or be easily deployed to AWS.