diff --git a/docs/usage/deriving-data-selectors.md b/docs/usage/deriving-data-selectors.md
index dea04cfaa9..c0d4c95bd6 100644
--- a/docs/usage/deriving-data-selectors.md
+++ b/docs/usage/deriving-data-selectors.md
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ const brokenSelector = createSelector(
 Similarly, a memoized selector should _never_ use `state => state` as an input! That will force the selector to always recalculate.
 :::
 
-In typical Reselect usage, you write your top-level "input selectors" as plain functions, and use `createSelector` to create memoized selectors that look up nested values:
+In typical Reselect usage, you write your top-level "input selectors" as plain functions, and use `createSelector` to create memoized selectors that calculate derived values:
 
 ```js
 const state = {
@@ -238,11 +238,9 @@ const state = {
   b: 10
 }
 
-const selectA = state => state.a
+const selectA1 = state => state.a.first
 const selectB = state => state.b
 
-const selectA1 = createSelector([selectA], a => a.first)
-
 const selectResult = createSelector([selectA1, selectB], (a1, b) => {
   console.log('Output selector running')
   return a1 + b