diff --git a/snippets/max_n.md b/snippets/max_n.md
index 05953faeb..6fe3f5092 100644
--- a/snippets/max_n.md
+++ b/snippets/max_n.md
@@ -5,14 +5,8 @@ Returns the `n` maximum elements from the provided list. If `n` is greater than
 Use `list.sort()` combined with the `deepcopy` function from the inbuilt `copy` module to create a shallow clone of the list and sort it in ascending order and then use `list.reverse()` reverse it to make it descending order. Use `[:n]` to get the specified number of elements. Omit the second argument, `n`, to get a one-element array
 
 ```python
-from copy import deepcopy
-
-
-def max_n(arr, n=1):
-    numbers = deepcopy(arr)
-    numbers.sort()
-    numbers.reverse()
-    return numbers[:n]
+def max_n(arr, n=1, reverse=True):
+    return sorted(arr, reverse=reverse)[:n]
 ```
 
 ```python