diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/doc.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/doc.go
index 1ef222cf00c..4c5a986a0f8 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/doc.go
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ Most consumers should use the Config object to create a Client:
       Username: "test",
       Password: "password",
     }
-    client, err := client.New(config)
+    c, err := client.New(config)
     if err != nil {
       // handle error
     }
-    pods, err := client.Pods(api.NamespaceDefault).List(api.ListOptions{})
+    pods, err := c.Pods(api.NamespaceDefault).List(api.ListOptions{})
     if err != nil {
       // handle error
     }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ More advanced consumers may wish to provide their own transport via a http.Round
       Host:      "https://localhost:8080",
       Transport: oauthclient.Transport(),
     }
-    client, err := client.New(config)
+    c, err := client.New(config)
 
 The RESTClient type implements the Kubernetes API conventions (see `docs/devel/api-conventions.md`)
 for a given API path and is intended for use by consumers implementing their own Kubernetes