diff --git a/doc/manual.rst b/doc/manual.rst
index f26724cdcc..4d9721e50a 100644
--- a/doc/manual.rst
+++ b/doc/manual.rst
@@ -2893,7 +2893,10 @@ Given the following distinct type definitions:
 
 .. code-block:: nim
   type
-    DistinctObject {.requiresInit, borrow: `.`.} = distinct MyObject
+    Foo = object
+      x: string
+
+    DistinctFoo {.requiresInit, borrow: `.`.} = distinct Foo
     DistinctString {.requiresInit.} = distinct string
 
 The following code blocks will fail to compile:
@@ -2906,7 +2909,7 @@ The following code blocks will fail to compile:
 .. code-block:: nim
   var s: DistinctString
   s = "test"
-  doAssert s == "test"
+  doAssert string(s) == "test"
 
 But these ones will compile successfully:
 
@@ -2915,8 +2918,8 @@ But these ones will compile successfully:
   doAssert foo.x == "test"
 
 .. code-block:: nim
-  let s = "test"
-  doAssert s == "test"
+  let s = DistinctString("test")
+  doAssert string(s) == "test"
 
 Let statement
 -------------
diff --git a/tests/distinct/tdistinct.nim b/tests/distinct/tdistinct.nim
index dd82378541..8ec0830208 100644
--- a/tests/distinct/tdistinct.nim
+++ b/tests/distinct/tdistinct.nim
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ block tRequiresInit:
   reject:
     var s: DistinctString
     s = "test"
-    doAssert s == "test"
+    doAssert string(s) == "test"
 
   accept:
-    let s = "test"
-    doAssert s == "test"
+    let s = DistinctString("test")
+    doAssert string(s) == "test"
 
 block: #17322
   type