diff --git a/xmlrpc/README.txt b/xmlrpc/README.txt
index d60bc0e..5507db4 100755
--- a/xmlrpc/README.txt
+++ b/xmlrpc/README.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Now we are ready to deal with children and parents...
   >>> pa[0]['name']
   u'hasType'
   >>> sorted(p['name'] for p in pa[0]['objects'])
-  u'predicate'
+  [u'predicate']
 
 
 Fin de partie
diff --git a/xmlrpc/common.py b/xmlrpc/common.py
index 56ec685..104bb82 100644
--- a/xmlrpc/common.py
+++ b/xmlrpc/common.py
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ def formatRelations(rels, useSecond=True):
             predIds[predId] = len(result)
             result.append({'id': predId, 'name': getName(pred),
                            'title': pred.title, 'objects': []})
-        result[predIds[predId]]['objects'].append(
-            objectAsDict(useSecond and rel.second or rel.first))
+        if useSecond:
+            other = rel.second
+        else:
+            other = rel.first
+        result[predIds[predId]]['objects'].append(objectAsDict(other))
     return result