diff --git a/R/symbolicMatrix.R b/R/symbolicMatrix.R
index fca3e63c..a8f08763 100644
--- a/R/symbolicMatrix.R
+++ b/R/symbolicMatrix.R
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 #'
 #' # prefix / suffix
 #' symbolicMatrix(prefix="\\sqrt{", suffix="}")
-#' symbolicMatrix(prefix="", suffix="^{1/2}")
+#' symbolicMatrix(suffix="^{1/2}")
 #'
 
 
diff --git a/man/symbolicMatrix.Rd b/man/symbolicMatrix.Rd
index 7182d6ac..211bfa88 100644
--- a/man/symbolicMatrix.Rd
+++ b/man/symbolicMatrix.Rd
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ symbolicMatrix(diag(3), lhs = "\\\\mathbf{I}_3")
 
 # prefix / suffix
 symbolicMatrix(prefix="\\\\sqrt{", suffix="}")
-symbolicMatrix(prefix="", suffix="^{1/2}")
+symbolicMatrix(suffix="^{1/2}")
 
 }
 \seealso{