diff --git a/Doc/library/dis.rst b/Doc/library/dis.rst
index a0d70e49e8f..c5507e89a52 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dis.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dis.rst
@@ -1107,8 +1107,8 @@ iterations of the loop.
       if count == 0:
           value = ()
       else:
-          STACK = STACK[:-count]
           value = tuple(STACK[-count:])
+          STACK = STACK[:-count]
 
       STACK.append(value)