diff --git a/snippets/longestItem.md b/snippets/longestItem.md
index 855100d68..dd8203682 100644
--- a/snippets/longestItem.md
+++ b/snippets/longestItem.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Returns `undefined` if no arguments are provided.
 Use `Array.prototype.reduce()`, comparing the `length` of objects to find the longest one.
 
 ```js
-const longestItem = (val, ...vals) =>
-  [val, ...vals].reduce((a, x) => (x.length > a.length ? x : a));
+const longestItem = (...vals) =>
+  vals.reduce((a, x) => (x.length > a.length ? x : a));
 ```
 
 ```js