diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f583154b..c6bcb3855 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -615,13 +615,14 @@ const unique = arr => [...new Set(arr)];
 
 ### URL parameters
 
-Use `match()` with an appropriate regular expression to get all key-value pairs, `map()` them appropriately.
-Combine all key-value pairs into a single object using `Object.assign()` and the spread operator (`...`).
+Use `match()` with an appropriate regular expression to get all key-value pairs, `Array.reduce()` to map and combine them into a single object.
 Pass `location.search` as the argument to apply to the current `url`.
 
 ```js
 const getUrlParameters = url =>
-  Object.assign(...url.match(/([^?=&]+)(=([^&]*))?/g).map(m => {[f,v] = m.split('='); return {[f]:v}}));
+  url.match(/([^?=&]+)(=([^&]*))?/g).reduce(
+    (a,v) => (a[v.slice(0,v.indexOf('='))] = v.slice(v.indexOf('=')), a), {}
+  );
 // getUrlParameters('http://url.com/page?name=Adam&surname=Smith') -> {name: 'Adam', surname: 'Smith'}
 ```
 
diff --git a/snippets/URL-parameters.md b/snippets/URL-parameters.md
index 4620513dc..42a43cc22 100644
--- a/snippets/URL-parameters.md
+++ b/snippets/URL-parameters.md
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ### URL parameters
 
-Use `match()` with an appropriate regular expression to get all key-value pairs, `map()` them appropriately.
-Combine all key-value pairs into a single object using `Object.assign()` and the spread operator (`...`).
+Use `match()` with an appropriate regular expression to get all key-value pairs, `Array.reduce()` to map and combine them into a single object.
 Pass `location.search` as the argument to apply to the current `url`.
 
 ```js
 const getUrlParameters = url =>
-  Object.assign(...url.match(/([^?=&]+)(=([^&]*))?/g).map(m => {[f,v] = m.split('='); return {[f]:v}}));
+  url.match(/([^?=&]+)(=([^&]*))?/g).reduce(
+    (a,v) => (a[v.slice(0,v.indexOf('='))] = v.slice(v.indexOf('=')), a), {}
+  );
 // getUrlParameters('http://url.com/page?name=Adam&surname=Smith') -> {name: 'Adam', surname: 'Smith'}
 ```