diff --git a/doc/docs.md b/doc/docs.md
index 0acc144eb3..80ef078280 100644
--- a/doc/docs.md
+++ b/doc/docs.md
@@ -1498,9 +1498,9 @@ x := Abc{
 if x.bar is MyStruct {
 	// x.bar is automatically casted
 	println(x.bar)
-}
-else if x.bar is MyStruct2 as new_var {
-	// you can use `as` to create aliases
+} else if x.bar is MyStruct2 {
+	new_var := x.bar as MyStruct2
+	// ... or you can use `as` to create a type cast an alias manually:
 	println(new_var)
 }
 match x.bar {