diff --git a/docs/src/man/hts-files.md b/docs/src/man/hts-files.md
index de87b32..3f57ef7 100644
--- a/docs/src/man/hts-files.md
+++ b/docs/src/man/hts-files.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ In-place reading reuses a pre-allocated object for every record and less memory
 reader = open(BAM.Reader, "data.bam")
 record = BAM.Record()
 while !eof(reader)
+    empty!(record)
     read!(reader, record)
     # do something
 end