diff --git a/docs/user_guide/using_the_library.rst b/docs/user_guide/using_the_library.rst
index 1b58f3dbc..1fa69a259 100644
--- a/docs/user_guide/using_the_library.rst
+++ b/docs/user_guide/using_the_library.rst
@@ -32,17 +32,26 @@ The most basic function to use when inspecting a single NWB file is the
 
 This returns a ``list`` of :py:class:`~nwbinspector.register_checks.InspectorMessage` objects.
 
-If you have an :py:class:`~pynwb.file.NWBFile` object in memory, you can run:
+If you have an :py:class:`~pynwb.file.NWBFile` object in memory, you can run
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    from nwbinspector import available_checks, run_checks
+    from nwbinspector import inspect_nwbfile_objects
     from pynwb import NWBHDF5IO
 
     with NWBHDF5IO(path="path_to_single_nwbfile", mode="r", load_namespaces=True) as io:
         nwbfile = io.read()
-        messages = list(run_checks(nwbfile=nwbfile, checks=available_checks))
+        messages = list(inspect_nwbfile_object(nwbfile))
 
+This approach can be used to inspect a Zarr :py:class:`~pynwb.file.NWBFile` as well
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from hdmf_zarr.nwb import NWBZarrIO
+
+    with NWBZarrIO("example_zarr.nwb", "r") as zarr_io:
+        nwbfile = zarr_io.read()
+        messages = list(inspect_nwbfile_object(nwbfile))
 
 Inspect a Directory or List of Paths to NWBFiles
 ------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/nwbinspector/nwbinspector.py b/src/nwbinspector/nwbinspector.py
index 2d6917a88..33245e940 100644
--- a/src/nwbinspector/nwbinspector.py
+++ b/src/nwbinspector/nwbinspector.py
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ def inspect_nwbfile_object(
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    nwbfile_path : FilePathType
+    nwbfile_object : NWBFile
         An in-memory NWBFile object.
     checks : list, optional
         list of checks to run