diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 481ab84..5c3d56f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ if (y == nullptr) {         // Can compare against nullptr (here returns true)
     cout << "Empty";  
 }  
 y = make_shared<int>(15);   // Assign new value
-cout << *y;                 // Dereference x to print '15'
+cout << *y;                 // Dereference y to print '15'
 cout << *x;                 // Dereference x to print '12'
 weak_ptr<int> w;            // Create empty weak pointer
 w = y;                      // w has weak reference to y.
diff --git a/cheatsheet-as-sourcefile.cpp b/cheatsheet-as-sourcefile.cpp
index 0d3dedd..4fd009b 100644
--- a/cheatsheet-as-sourcefile.cpp
+++ b/cheatsheet-as-sourcefile.cpp
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ if (y == nullptr) {         // Can compare against nullptr (here returns true)
   cout << "Empty";
 }
 y = make_shared<int>(15);   // Assign new value
-cout << *y;                 // Dereference x to print '15'
+cout << *y;                 // Dereference y to print '15'
 cout << *x;                 // Dereference x to print '12'
 weak_ptr<int> w;            // Create empty weak pointer
 w = y;                      // w has weak reference to y.