diff --git a/sample/socks.rb b/sample/socks.rb
index cb2ccf60..5ebbd467 100644
--- a/sample/socks.rb
+++ b/sample/socks.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #clnt = HTTPClient.new('socks5://localhost:9999')
 #clnt = HTTPClient.new('socks5://username:password@localhost:9999')
 
-#socks_proxy = ENV['SOCKS_PROXY']
-#clnt = HTTPClient.new(socks_proxy)
+#ENV['SOCKS_PROXY'] = 'socks5://localhost:9999'
+#clnt = HTTPClient.new
 
 target = 'http://www.example.com/'
 puts clnt.get(target).content