diff --git a/metacsv/io/parsers.py b/metacsv/io/parsers.py
index 86e401a..5ea29e1 100644
--- a/metacsv/io/parsers.py
+++ b/metacsv/io/parsers.py
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ def read_header(fp, header_file=None, parse_vars=False, assertions=None, *args,
         assertions (dict-like): dictionary of values to assert in file header
 
     Returns:
-        args        
-        variables   
+        attrs        
         coords      
+        variables      
 
     Example:
 
@@ -397,4 +397,4 @@ def read_pickle(fp, assertions=None, *args, **kwargs):
     *args, **kwargs passed to pandas.read_pickle
     """
 
-    return _verify_assertions(pd.read_pickle(fp, *args, **kwargs), assertions)
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+    return _verify_assertions(pd.read_pickle(fp, *args, **kwargs), assertions)