diff --git a/snippets/array-difference.md b/snippets/array-difference.md
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 Create a `Set` from `b`, then use `Array.filter()` on `a` to only keep values not contained in `b`.
 
 ```js
-const difference = (a, b) => { const s = new Set(b); return a.filter(x => !s.has(x)); };
-// difference([1,2,3], [1,2]) -> [3]
+const difference = (a, b) => { const s = new Set(b); a.filter(x => !s.has(x)); };
+// difference([1,2,3], [1,2,4]) -> [3]
+```
+
+This function can also be used to generate the symmetric difference or disjunctive union by swapping the
+arrays and combining the results.
+
+```js
+const symmetricDifference = (a, b) => [...difference(a,b), ...difference(b,a)];
+// difference([1,2,3], [1,2,4]) -> [3,4]
 ```