diff --git a/doc/snippets/MatrixBase_selfadjointView.cpp b/doc/snippets/MatrixBase_selfadjointView.cpp
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+Matrix3i m = Matrix3i::Random();
+cout << "Here is the matrix m:" << endl << m << endl;
+cout << "Here is the symmetric matrix extracted from the upper part of m:" << endl
+     << Matrix3i(m.selfadjointView<Upper>()) << endl;
+cout << "Here is the symmetric matrix extracted from the lower part of m:" << endl
+     << Matrix3i(m.selfadjointView<Lower>()) << endl;