diff --git a/mod.ts b/mod.ts
index 58c0a48..a199bb2 100644
--- a/mod.ts
+++ b/mod.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Released under the MIT License.
  */
 
+/**/
 export function lastItem<T>(array: readonly T[]): T;
 export function lastItem<T>(array: readonly T[], length: number): T[];
 export function lastItem<T>(array: readonly T[], length = 1) {
@@ -12,25 +13,29 @@ export function lastItem<T>(array: readonly T[], length = 1) {
     throw new TypeError("Expected an array.");
   }
 
-  if (array.length <= 0) {
+  let index = array.length;
+
+  if (index <= 0) {
     throw new RangeError("Expected an array with at least one item.");
   }
 
   if (length === 1) {
-    return array[array.length - 1];
+    return array[index - 1];
   }
 
   if (!Number.isInteger(length)) {
     throw new TypeError("Expected an integer.");
   }
 
-  if (length > array.length) {
+  if (length > index) {
     throw new RangeError("More items were requested than there are.");
   }
 
-  const result = Array.from({ length });
+  if (length === index) {
+    return array;
+  }
 
-  let index = array.length;
+  const result = [];
 
   while (length--) {
     result[length] = array[--index];
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 549594b..3847d2f 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -82,20 +82,17 @@ it's strange behavior, here are some things I noticed.
 
 - [If you send an empty array it will return null](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/array-last/blob/master/index.js#L16)
 
-> This module will throw a `RangeError`
+> This module would throw a `RangeError`
 
 - [If you send a parameter that is not a number as length it will be changed to
   `1`](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/array-last/blob/master/index.js#L20)
 
 > This module would throw a `TypeError`
 
-- [If you send as expected length a number greater than the length of the array,
-  it will give you an array with `undefined` in some index.](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/array-last/issues/6)
+- [If you send a number larger than the length of the array, the array will be filled with `undefined`.](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/array-last/issues/6)
 
 ```javascript
-const last = require("array-last");
-
-last(["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"], 7); //=> [ undefined, 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f' ]
+last(["a", "b", "c"], 4); //=> [ undefined, 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 ```
 
 > This module would throw a `RangeError`