diff --git a/doc/snippets/MatrixBase_cwiseAbs.cpp b/doc/snippets/MatrixBase_cwiseAbs.cpp
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+MatrixXd m(2,3);
+m << 2, -4, 6,   
+     -5, 1, 0;
+cout << m.cwiseAbs() << endl;