diff --git a/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_cpp_wait_task-snippet.h b/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_cpp_wait_task-snippet.h
index 9f1f9d7..923fea2 100644
--- a/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_cpp_wait_task-snippet.h
+++ b/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_cpp_wait_task-snippet.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-    mtapi_status_t status = task.Wait(MTAPI_INFINITE);
-    if (status != MTAPI_SUCCESS) {
-      printf("task failed with error: %d\n\n", status);
-      exit(status);
+    mtapi_status_t task_status = task.Wait(MTAPI_INFINITE);
+    if (task_status != MTAPI_SUCCESS) {
+      printf("task failed with error: %d\n\n", task_status);
+      exit(task_status);
     }