diff --git a/snippets/isArrayLike.md b/snippets/isArrayLike.md
index 5417f1974..5e44bb473 100644
--- a/snippets/isArrayLike.md
+++ b/snippets/isArrayLike.md
@@ -2,16 +2,8 @@
 
 Checks if the provided argument is array-like (i.e. is iterable).
 
-Use the spread operator (`...`) to check if the provided argument is iterable inside a `try... catch` block and the comma operator (`,`) to return the appropriate value.
-
 ```js
-const isArrayLike = val => {
-  try {
-    return [...val], true;
-  } catch (e) {
-    return false;
-  }
-};
+const isArrayLike = obj => obj != null && typeof obj[Symbol.iterator] === 'function';
 ```
 
 ```js
diff --git a/test/isArrayLike/isArrayLike.js b/test/isArrayLike/isArrayLike.js
index c603d5bc5..144b181d0 100644
--- a/test/isArrayLike/isArrayLike.js
+++ b/test/isArrayLike/isArrayLike.js
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
-const isArrayLike = val => {
-  try {
-    return [...val], true;
-  } catch (e) {
-    return false;
-  }
-};
+const isArrayLike = obj => obj != null && typeof obj[Symbol.iterator] === 'function';
 module.exports = isArrayLike;