diff --git a/doc/container.qbk b/doc/container.qbk
index fb4fd8f5..69df6f8f 100644
--- a/doc/container.qbk
+++ b/doc/container.qbk
@@ -1007,11 +1007,11 @@ Example:
 
     int i; char c; double d;
       ...
-    __vector_tie__(i, c, a);
+    __vector_tie__(i, c, d);
 
 The __vector_tie__ function creates a __vector__ of type
 `__vector__<int&, char&, double&>`. The same result could be achieved with the call
-__make_vector__(__boost_ref_call__(i), __boost_ref_call__(c), __boost_ref_call__(a))
+__make_vector__(__boost_ref_call__(i), __boost_ref_call__(c), __boost_ref_call__(d))
 [footnote see __boost_ref__ for details about `ref`].
 
 A /tie/ can be used to 'unpack' another tuple into variables. E.g.: