diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8285ecb..38ff6fc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ decode(encoded);
 ```javascript
 import encode from 'fast-rle/encode';
 
-const numbers = [3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 8, 0, 0];
-encode(numbers);
+const nums = [3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 8, 0, 0];
+encode(nums);
 [5, 3, 1, 8, 2, 0]
 
-encode(decoded, { chunk: true });
+encode(nums, { chunk: true });
 [ [3, 5], [8, 1], [0, 2] ]
 
-encode(decoded, { max_run_length: 2 });
+encode(nums, { max_run_length: 2 });
 [2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 1, 8, 2, 0]
 ```