diff --git a/lib/rocco.rb b/lib/rocco.rb
index 8d69bf4..ed9fe10 100644
--- a/lib/rocco.rb
+++ b/lib/rocco.rb
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ def generate_comment_chars
   # form `[docs, code]` where both elements are arrays containing the
   # raw lines parsed from the input file, comment characters stripped.
   def parse(data)
-    sections = []
-    docs, code = [], []
+    sections, docs, code = [], [], []
     lines = data.split("\n")
 
     # The first line is ignored if it is a shebang line.  We also ignore the