diff --git a/R/spacetime.R b/R/spacetime.R
index 99f144b6..4e0eb2ca 100644
--- a/R/spacetime.R
+++ b/R/spacetime.R
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ spacetime.operators <- function(mesh_space = NULL,
 #'op_cov <- spacetime.operators(space_loc = s, time_loc = t,
 #'                              kappa = 5, sigma = 10, alpha = 1,
 #'                              beta = 2, rho = 1, gamma = 0.05)
-#'op_cov <- update.spacetimeobj(op_cov, kappa = 4, 
+#'op_cov <- update(op_cov, kappa = 4, 
 #'                              sigma = 2, gamma = 0.1)      
                         
 update.spacetimeobj <- function(object, 
diff --git a/man/update.spacetimeobj.Rd b/man/update.spacetimeobj.Rd
index f281eaeb..d0750cdb 100644
--- a/man/update.spacetimeobj.Rd
+++ b/man/update.spacetimeobj.Rd
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ t <- seq(from = 0, to = 20, length.out = 31)
 op_cov <- spacetime.operators(space_loc = s, time_loc = t,
                              kappa = 5, sigma = 10, alpha = 1,
                              beta = 2, rho = 1, gamma = 0.05)
-op_cov <- update.spacetimeobj(op_cov, kappa = 4, 
+op_cov <- update(op_cov, kappa = 4, 
                              sigma = 2, gamma = 0.1)      
 }