diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 842cb444237e0032b0555520fd19a335ac514f72..abd8802826e390bce6ce6ae2024e31528ac5842d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Create a `pystencils.AssignmentCollection` with pystencils:
     import sympy
     import pystencils
 
-    z, x, y = pystencils.fields("z, y, x: [20,30]")
+    z, y, x = pystencils.fields("z, y, x: [20,30]")
 
     forward_assignments = pystencils.AssignmentCollection({
         z[0, 0]: x[0, 0] * sympy.log(x[0, 0] * y[0, 0])
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index bb39e0638b30bafca43e93fc3ee79abeab563434..e8585c33167704698fe1f1f0975a2992f1f61c82 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Create a :class:`pystencils.AssignmentCollection` with pystencils:
     import sympy
     import pystencils
 
-    z, x, y = pystencils.fields("z, y, x: [20,30]")
+    z, y, x = pystencils.fields("z, y, x: [20,30]")
 
     forward_assignments = pystencils.AssignmentCollection({
         z[0, 0]: x[0, 0] * sympy.log(x[0, 0] * y[0, 0])