diff --git a/docs/src/haplotypes.md b/docs/src/haplotypes.md
index fe47bfe..e11755d 100644
--- a/docs/src/haplotypes.md
+++ b/docs/src/haplotypes.md
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ case when calling variants from alignment files), then the sequence can be
 retrieved using the [`reconstruct`](@ref) function.
 
 ```@repl call_variants
-human2 = copy(bovine);
-reconstruct(human2, bos_human_haplotype)
+human2 = reconstruct(bos_human_haplotype)
 human2 == bovine
 human2 == human
 ```