diff --git a/docs/gates.rst b/docs/gates.rst
index 46dcc4f4..13763d1e 100644
--- a/docs/gates.rst
+++ b/docs/gates.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ the same way:
 
    import qcgpu
 
-   register = qcgpu.State(2)
+   state = qcgpu.State(2)
 
    state.h(0) # Applies the Hadamard (H) gate to the first qubit.
    state.x(1) # Applies a pauli-x (NOT) gate to the second qubit.