diff --git a/doc/examples/Cwise_lgamma.cpp b/doc/examples/Cwise_lgamma.cpp
index f1c4f503e..6bfaccbce 100644
--- a/doc/examples/Cwise_lgamma.cpp
+++ b/doc/examples/Cwise_lgamma.cpp
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ int main()
 {
   Array4d v(0.5,10,0,-1);
   std::cout << v.lgamma() << std::endl;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/doc/examples/Tutorial_simple_example_dynamic_size.cpp b/doc/examples/Tutorial_simple_example_dynamic_size.cpp
index 0f0280e0e..defcb1ee4 100644
--- a/doc/examples/Tutorial_simple_example_dynamic_size.cpp
+++ b/doc/examples/Tutorial_simple_example_dynamic_size.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ int main()
     MatrixXi m(size,size+1);         // a (size)x(size+1)-matrix of int's
     for (int j=0; j<m.cols(); ++j)   // loop over columns
       for (int i=0; i<m.rows(); ++i) // loop over rows
-        m(i,j) = i+j*m.rows();       // to access matrix coefficients,
+        m(i,j) = i+j*size;           // to access matrix coefficients,
                                      // use operator()(int,int)
     std::cout << m << "\n\n";
   }
diff --git a/doc/special_examples/Tutorial_sparse_example.cpp b/doc/special_examples/Tutorial_sparse_example.cpp
index 830e196ea..c5767a8d3 100644
--- a/doc/special_examples/Tutorial_sparse_example.cpp
+++ b/doc/special_examples/Tutorial_sparse_example.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <Eigen/Sparse>
 #include <vector>
+#include <iostream>
 
 typedef Eigen::SparseMatrix<double> SpMat; // declares a column-major sparse matrix type of double
 typedef Eigen::Triplet<double> T;
@@ -9,7 +10,10 @@ void saveAsBitmap(const Eigen::VectorXd& x, int n, const char* filename);
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-  assert(argc==2);
+  if(argc!=2) {
+    std::cerr << "Error: expected one and only one argument.\n";
+    return -1;
+  }
   
   int n = 300;  // size of the image
   int m = n*n;  // number of unknows (=number of pixels)