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@@ -338,12 +338,11 @@ console.log('Output HTML: ' + output);
 ### Asynchronous Rendering API
 
 ```javascript
+var fs = require('fs');
 var marko = require('marko');
 var template = marko.load('template.marko');
 
-var out = require('fs').createWriteStream('index.html', 'utf8');
-
-var out = marko.createWriter(out);
+var out = marko.createWriter(fs.createWriteStream('index.html', 'utf8'));
 
 // Render the first chunk asynchronously (after 1s delay):
 var asyncOut = out.beginAsync();