diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c13516..17659b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Descriptive statistics
 ```python
 >>> ineqpy.mean(variable=d.renta, weights=d.factor)
 20444.700666031338
->>> ineqpy.variance(variable=d.renta, weights=d.factor)
+>>> ineqpy.var(variable=d.renta, weights=d.factor)
 2982220948.7413292
 >>> x, w = d.renta.values, d.factor.values
 ```
@@ -234,4 +234,4 @@ Statistics:
 >>> df.gini(main_var)       = 0.298494329293
 >>> df.atkinson(main_var)   = 0.0925853855635
 >>> df.theil(main_var)      = 0.156137490566
-```
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+```