diff --git a/xstream-introduction/src/main/java/org/baeldung/initializer/SimpleXstreamInitializer.java b/xstream-introduction/src/main/java/org/baeldung/initializer/SimpleXstreamInitializer.java
index c96392daf5..59912539ca 100644
--- a/xstream-introduction/src/main/java/org/baeldung/initializer/SimpleXstreamInitializer.java
+++ b/xstream-introduction/src/main/java/org/baeldung/initializer/SimpleXstreamInitializer.java
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
 
 public class SimpleXstreamInitializer {
 
-	private static XStream xtreamInstance;
+	private static XStream xstreamInstance;
 
 	public static XStream getXstreamInstance() {
-		if (xtreamInstance == null) {
+		if (xstreamInstance == null) {
 			synchronized (SimpleXstreamInitializer.class) {
-				if (xtreamInstance == null) {
-					xtreamInstance = new XStream();
+				if (xstreamInstance == null) {
+					xstreamInstance = new XStream();
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		return xtreamInstance;
+		return xstreamInstance;
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/xstream-introduction/src/main/java/org/baeldung/utility/SimpleDataGeneration.java b/xstream-introduction/src/main/java/org/baeldung/utility/SimpleDataGeneration.java
index e6a97e5ea6..2b2a7a8bb8 100644
--- a/xstream-introduction/src/main/java/org/baeldung/utility/SimpleDataGeneration.java
+++ b/xstream-introduction/src/main/java/org/baeldung/utility/SimpleDataGeneration.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class SimpleDataGeneration {
 		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
 		cal.set(1986 , 01 , 14);
 		customer.setDob(cal.getTime());
-		customer.setFirstName("Xstream");
+		customer.setFirstName("XStream");
 		customer.setLastName("Java");
 
 		List<ContactDetails> contactDetailsList = new ArrayList<ContactDetails>();
diff --git a/xstream-introduction/src/test/java/org/baeldung/utility/XStreamSimpleXmlTest.java b/xstream-introduction/src/test/java/org/baeldung/utility/XStreamSimpleXmlTest.java
index 489960d6ca..57d0bd2b55 100644
--- a/xstream-introduction/src/test/java/org/baeldung/utility/XStreamSimpleXmlTest.java
+++ b/xstream-introduction/src/test/java/org/baeldung/utility/XStreamSimpleXmlTest.java
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@ public class XStreamSimpleXmlTest {
 
 	private Customer customer = null;
 	private String dataXml = null;
-	private XStream xtream = null;
+	private XStream xstream = null;
 
 	@Before
 	public void dataSetup() {
 		customer = SimpleDataGeneration.generateData();
-		xtream = SimpleXstreamInitializer.getXstreamInstance();
-		xtream.processAnnotations(Customer.class);
-		xtream.processAnnotations(AddressDetails.class);
-		xtream.processAnnotations(ContactDetails.class);
-		xtream.omitField(Customer.class , "firstName");
-		xtream.registerConverter(new MyDateConverter());
+		xstream = SimpleXstreamInitializer.getXstreamInstance();
+		xstream.processAnnotations(Customer.class);
+		xstream.processAnnotations(AddressDetails.class);
+		xstream.processAnnotations(ContactDetails.class);
+		xstream.omitField(Customer.class , "firstName");
+		xstream.registerConverter(new MyDateConverter());
 		//xtream.registerConverter(new MySingleValueConverter());
-		xtream.aliasField("fn", Customer.class, "firstName");
+		xstream.aliasField("fn", Customer.class, "firstName");
 		
-		dataXml = xtream.toXML(customer);
+		dataXml = xstream.toXML(customer);
 		System.out.println(dataXml);
 	}
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class XStreamSimpleXmlTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertXmlToObject() {
-		customer = (Customer) xtream.fromXML(dataXml);
+		customer = (Customer) xstream.fromXML(dataXml);
 		Assert.assertNotNull(customer);
 	}