diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chi/README.md b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chi/README.md
index 0e2ccf260b9..a1b628e9de4 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chi/README.md
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chi/README.md
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ var objectKeys = require( '@stdlib/utils/keys' );
 var chi = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chi' );
 
 console.log( objectKeys( chi ) );
+
+console.log(chi.variance( 9.0 ));
+// => ~0.485
+
+console.log(chi.variance( 0.5 ));
+// => ~0.272
+
+console.log(chi.variance( -1.0  ));
+// => NaN
+
 ```
 
 </section>
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chi/examples/index.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chi/examples/index.js
index 0d941342e11..2ccb470128f 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chi/examples/index.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chi/examples/index.js
@@ -22,3 +22,12 @@ var objectKeys = require( '@stdlib/utils/keys' );
 var chi = require( './../lib' );
 
 console.log( objectKeys( chi ) );
+
+console.log(chi.variance( 9.0 ));
+// => ~0.485
+
+console.log(chi.variance( 0.5 ));
+// => ~0.272
+
+console.log(chi.variance( -1.0  ));
+// => NaN