diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8c81f711..d1308e017 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ You can also use streams:
 
 ```cpp
 // create object from stream
+std::stringstream ss;
+ss << "{ \"pi\": 3.141, \"happy\": true }";
 JSON j;
-j << "{ \"pi\": 3.141, \"happy\": true }";
+j << ss;
 
 // write string representation to stream
 std::cout << j;
@@ -150,8 +152,8 @@ The type of the JSON object is determined automatically by the expression to sto
 ```cpp
 /// strings
 std::string s1 = "Hello, world!";
-JSON js = s;
-std::string s2 = j;
+JSON js = s1;
+std::string s2 = js;
 
 // Booleans
 bool b1 = true;
diff --git a/src/JSON.cc b/src/JSON.cc
index 0ccf5c846..ab2b5d650 100644
--- a/src/JSON.cc
+++ b/src/JSON.cc
@@ -1791,9 +1791,10 @@ JSON::Parser::Parser(std::istream& _is)
     // from http://www.manticmoo.com/articles/jeff/programming/c++/making-io-streams-efficient-in-c++.php
     //  Don't sync C++ and C I/O
     std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
-    while(_is) {
-      std::getline(_is, input_line);
-      string_input += input_line;
+    while (_is)
+    {
+        std::getline(_is, input_line);
+        string_input += input_line;
     }
 
     _length = string_input.size();