diff --git a/doc/snippets/Cwise_boolean_xor.cpp b/doc/snippets/Cwise_boolean_xor.cpp
index 99bcc5e09..fafbec806 100644
--- a/doc/snippets/Cwise_boolean_xor.cpp
+++ b/doc/snippets/Cwise_boolean_xor.cpp
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-.Array3d v(-1,2,1), w(-3,2,3);
+Array3d v(-1,2,1), w(-3,2,3);
 cout << ((v<w) ^ (v<0)) << endl;