diff --git a/docs/standard/serialization/system-text-json/snippets/use-dom-utf8jsonreader-utf8jsonwriter/csharp/JsonNodeAverageGradeExample.cs b/docs/standard/serialization/system-text-json/snippets/use-dom-utf8jsonreader-utf8jsonwriter/csharp/JsonNodeAverageGradeExample.cs
index a7a6d3e19e473..97bcf54921648 100644
--- a/docs/standard/serialization/system-text-json/snippets/use-dom-utf8jsonreader-utf8jsonwriter/csharp/JsonNodeAverageGradeExample.cs
+++ b/docs/standard/serialization/system-text-json/snippets/use-dom-utf8jsonreader-utf8jsonwriter/csharp/JsonNodeAverageGradeExample.cs
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ public static void Main()
         double sum = 0;
         JsonNode document = JsonNode.Parse(jsonString)!;
 
-        JsonNode root = document.Root;
-        JsonArray studentsArray = root["Students"]!.AsArray();
+        JsonArray studentsArray = document["Students"]!.AsArray();
 
         int count = studentsArray.Count;
         foreach (JsonNode? student in studentsArray)