diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/pkgs/tree/lib/sync.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/pkgs/tree/lib/sync.js
index 3b3716e93829..3adc72bdc9bc 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/pkgs/tree/lib/sync.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/pkgs/tree/lib/sync.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var defaults = require( './config.json' );
 * @returns {Object} tree
 *
 * @example
-* var tree = pkgTree();
+* var out = pkgTree();
 * // returns {...}
 */
 function pkgTree( options ) {