diff --git a/docs/topics/rosbag1.rst b/docs/topics/rosbag1.rst
index e718188e..02ab7144 100644
--- a/docs/topics/rosbag1.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/rosbag1.rst
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ Instances of the :py:class:`Reader <rosbags.rosbag2.Reader>` class are typically
            print(topic, info)
 
        # iterate over messages
-       for topic, msgtype, rawdata, timestamp in reader.messages():
+       for topic, msgtype, timestamp, rawdata in reader.messages():
            if topic == '/imu_raw/Imu':
                print(timestamp)
 
        # messages() accepts topic filters
-       for topic, msgtype, rawdata, timestamp in reader.messages(['/imu_raw/Imu']):
+       for topic, msgtype, timestamp, rawdata in reader.messages(['/imu_raw/Imu']):
            print(timestamp)
diff --git a/docs/topics/rosbag2.rst b/docs/topics/rosbag2.rst
index 17bf3129..68c7edb2 100644
--- a/docs/topics/rosbag2.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/rosbag2.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ Instances of the :py:class:`Reader <rosbags.rosbag2.Reader>` class are used to r
                print(msg.header.frame_id)
 
        # messages() accepts topic filters
-       for topic, msgtype, rawdata, timestamp in reader.messages(['/imu_raw/Imu']):
+       for topic, msgtype, timestamp, rawdata in reader.messages(['/imu_raw/Imu']):
            msg = deserialize_cdr(rawdata, msgtype)
            print(msg.header.frame_id)