diff --git a/reference/xsl/xsltprocessor/construct.xml b/reference/xsl/xsltprocessor/construct.xml
index ab177bb3d3..f8c4626cb9 100644
--- a/reference/xsl/xsltprocessor/construct.xml
+++ b/reference/xsl/xsltprocessor/construct.xml
@@ -37,14 +37,15 @@
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
 
-$doc = new DOMDocument();
+$xsldoc = new DOMDocument();
+$xsldoc->load($xsl_filename);
+
+$xmldoc = new DOMDocument();
+$xmldoc->load($xml_filename);
+
 $xsl = new XSLTProcessor();
-
-$doc->load($xsl_filename);
-$xsl->importStyleSheet($doc);
-
-$doc->load($xml_filename);
-echo $xsl->transformToXML($doc);
+$xsl->importStyleSheet($xsldoc);
+echo $xsl->transformToXML($xmldoc);
 
 ?>
 ]]>