diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5951841e2..070556bbb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ discord.js will automatically prefer node-opus over opusscript.
 ## Example Usage
 ```js
 const Discord = require('discord.js');
-const bot = new Discord.Client();
+const client = new Discord.Client();
 
-bot.on('ready', () => {
+client.on('ready', () => {
   console.log('I am ready!');
 });
 
-bot.on('message', message => {
+client.on('message', message => {
   if (message.content === 'ping') {
     message.reply('pong');
   }
 });
 
-bot.login('your token');
+client.login('your token');
 ```
 
 ## Links
diff --git a/docs/custom/documents/updating.md b/docs/custom/documents/updating.md
index 23c794cd1..2dcf502f0 100644
--- a/docs/custom/documents/updating.md
+++ b/docs/custom/documents/updating.md
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ Version 9.0 eschews callbacks in favour of Promises. This means all code relying
 For example, the following code:
 
 ```js
-bot.getChannelLogs(channel, 100, function(messages) {
+client.getChannelLogs(channel, 100, function(messages) {
   console.log(`${messages.length} messages found`);
 });
 ```
 
 ```js
-msg.channel.fetchMessages({limit: 100}).then(messages => {
+channel.fetchMessages({limit: 100}).then(messages => {
   console.log(`${messages.size} messages found`);
 });
 ```