diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/README.md b/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/README.md
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--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/README.md
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/README.md
@@ -189,19 +189,22 @@ For example, a button block, deeply nested in several levels of block `X` that u
 ### `defaultBlock`
 
 - **Type:** `Object`
-- **Default:** - `undefined`
+- **Default:** - `undefined`. Determines which block type should be inserted by default and any attributes that should be set by default when the block is inserted. Takes an array in the form of `{ name: 'namespace/block-name', attributes: {} }`.
 
-Determines which block type should be inserted by default and any attributes that should be set by default when the block is inserted. Takes an object in the form of `{ name: blockname, attributes: {blockAttributes} }`.
+#### Example usage
 
 ```jsx
-const DEFAULT_BLOCK = { name: 'core/paragraph', attributes: { content: 'Lorem ipsum...' } };
-...
+// Define a specific block and it's attributes as the default block for initialh insertion
 <InnerBlocks
-    defaultBlock={ DEFAULT_BLOCK }
-    directInsert={ true }
+	defaultBlock={{name: 'core/paragraph', attributes: {placeholder: 'Hello World!'}}}
+	directInsert={true}
 />
 ```
 
+![defaultBlock-api-example](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/assets/180264/fceaf2bb-a412-4a4b-8031-c431dbe8bb36)
+
+
+
 ### `directInsert`
 
 - **Type:** `Boolean`