diff --git a/examples/example1.cpp b/examples/example1.cpp
index d0e64d1a..137510cc 100644
--- a/examples/example1.cpp
+++ b/examples/example1.cpp
@@ -14,18 +14,14 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
   {
   cout << "Armadillo version: " << arma_version::as_string() << endl;
   
-  // directly specify the matrix size (by default, elements are not initialised)
-  mat A(2,3); 
-  
-  // explicit element initialisation during construction via one of:
-  // fill::zeros, fill::ones, fill::eye, fill::randu,  fill::randn
-  A = mat(2,3,fill::zeros);
+  // construct a matrix according to given size and form of element initialisation
+  mat A(2,3,fill::zeros);
   
   // .n_rows and .n_cols are read only
   cout << "A.n_rows: " << A.n_rows << endl;
   cout << "A.n_cols: " << A.n_cols << endl;
   
-  A(1,2) = 456.0;  // directly access an element (indexing starts at 0)
+  A(1,2) = 456.0;  // access an element (indexing starts at 0)
   A.print("A:");
   
   A = 5.0;         // scalars are treated as a 1x1 matrix