diff --git a/Agents.md b/Agents.md
index 7cbcb9a..73adb5d 100644
--- a/Agents.md
+++ b/Agents.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Interacting with an agent is very similar to using atoms. If we wanted to repres
 And changing the account holder:
 
 ~~~clojure
-   (send! checking-account (comp #(assoc % :holder "your-name")))
+   (send checking-account assoc :holder "your-name")
 ~~~
 
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diff --git a/Atoms.md b/Atoms.md
index e67e3c8..8044215 100644
--- a/Atoms.md
+++ b/Atoms.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ If we wanted to represent what we know about Sansa Stark as an atom:
 And changing her martial status:
 
 ~~~clojure
-   (swap! checking-account (comp #(assoc % :holder "your-name")))
+   (swap! checking-account assoc :holder "your-name")
 ~~~
 
 ***