diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fda3c2..dbc440c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# simple-message-channel 0.0.1a2 (2020-08-05)
+
+- Fix up documentation example
+
 # simple-message-channel 0.0.1a1 (2020-08-05)
 
 - The first alpha development release is made!
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c96abe..b9da5fc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,22 +15,20 @@ $ pip install simple-message-channels
 ```python
 from simple_message_channels import SimpleMessageChannel
 
-smc_a = SimpleMessageChannel()
-smc_b = SimpleMessageChannel()
+smc1 = SimpleMessageChannel()
+smc2 = SimpleMessageChannel()
 
-payload = smc_b.send(0, 1, b"foo")
+payload = smc1.send(0, 1, b"foo")
 print(f"sent: {payload}")
 
 for idx in range(0, len(payload)):
-    smc_a.recv(payload[idx : idx + 1])
-
-for msg in smc_a.messages:
-    print(f"received: {msg}")
+    smc2.recv(payload[idx : idx + 1])
+print(f"received: {smc2.messages}")
 ```
 
 Output:
 
 ```sh
 sent: b'\x04\x01foo'
-received: (0, 1, b'foo')
+received: [(0, 1, b'foo')]
 ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b7f25c4..de4a9d9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "simple-message-channels"
-version = "0.0.1a1"
+version = "0.0.1a2"
 description = "Sans I/O wire protocol for Hypercore"
 authors = ["decentral1se <hi@decentral1.se>"]
 maintainers = ["decentral1se <hi@decentral1.se>"]