diff --git a/Documentation/06 Manual Parsing and Testing.md b/Documentation/06 Manual Parsing and Testing.md
index 4aba8f949..c31294026 100644
--- a/Documentation/06 Manual Parsing and Testing.md	
+++ b/Documentation/06 Manual Parsing and Testing.md	
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ All of the parsing methods — `parse()`, `parseOrExit()`, and `parseAsRoot()` 
 Let's update our `select` script above to strip out any words that contain all capital letters before parsing the inputs.
 
 ```swift
-let noShoutingArguments = CommandLine.arguments.filter { phrase in
+let noShoutingArguments = CommandLine.arguments.dropFirst().filter { phrase in
     phrase.uppercased() != phrase
 }
 let options = SelectOptions.parseOrExit(noShoutingArguments)