diff --git a/examples/docs/src/components/Footer/AvatarList.astro b/examples/docs/src/components/Footer/AvatarList.astro
index b75589f5a..03b1e5bd7 100644
--- a/examples/docs/src/components/Footer/AvatarList.astro
+++ b/examples/docs/src/components/Footer/AvatarList.astro
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ type Commit = {
 
 async function getCommits(url: string) {
 	try {
-		const token = import.meta.env.SNOWPACK_PUBLIC_GITHUB_TOKEN ?? 'hello';
+		const token = import.meta.env.GITHUB_TOKEN ?? 'hello';
 		if (!token) {
-			throw new Error(
-				'Cannot find "SNOWPACK_PUBLIC_GITHUB_TOKEN" used for escaping rate-limiting.'
-			);
+			throw new Error('Cannot find "GITHUB_TOKEN" used for escaping rate-limiting.');
 		}
 
 		const auth = `Basic ${Buffer.from(token, 'binary').toString('base64')}`;
diff --git a/examples/docs/src/env.d.ts b/examples/docs/src/env.d.ts
index f964fe0cf..8e48612f5 100644
--- a/examples/docs/src/env.d.ts
+++ b/examples/docs/src/env.d.ts
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
 /// <reference types="astro/client" />
+
+interface ImportMetaEnv {
+	readonly GITHUB_TOKEN: string | undefined;
+}
+
+interface ImportMeta {
+	readonly env: ImportMetaEnv;
+}