diff --git a/docs/sources/flow/reference/stdlib/split.md b/docs/sources/flow/reference/stdlib/split.md
index ccb382899142..cb4ed3b1d137 100644
--- a/docs/sources/flow/reference/stdlib/split.md
+++ b/docs/sources/flow/reference/stdlib/split.md
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ split(list, separator)
 ## Examples
 
 ```river
-> split(",", "foo,bar,baz")
+> split("foo,bar,baz", "," )
 ["foo", "bar", "baz"]
 
-> split(",", "foo")
+> split("foo", ",")
 ["foo"]
 
-> split(",", "")
+> split("", ",")
 [""]
 ```