diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 9c0f1a1d0d9..9e309088b49 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ Test cases
       Duplicate elements are *not* ignored when comparing *actual* and
       *expected*. It verifies if each element has the same count in both
       sequences. Equivalent to:
-      ``assertEqual(Counter(iter(actual)), Counter(iter(expected)))``
+      ``assertEqual(Counter(list(actual)), Counter(list(expected)))``
       but works with sequences of unhashable objects as well.
 
       .. versionadded:: 3.2
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
index 68e53a5953e..ad5fe615896 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ class TestCase(object):
             actual = collections.Counter(actual_seq)
             expected = collections.Counter(expected_seq)
         except TypeError:
-            # Unsortable items (example: set(), complex(), ...)
+            # Handle case with unhashable elements
             missing, unexpected = unorderable_list_difference(expected_seq, actual_seq)
         else:
             if actual == expected: