diff --git a/src/multicolvar/DumpMultiColvar.cpp b/src/multicolvar/DumpMultiColvar.cpp
index 56119c6d182ea24e5555e02cbd4be3565d8484db..5f5fa3b366b1e291c2d4fdd40bf23d98acfbb162 100644
--- a/src/multicolvar/DumpMultiColvar.cpp
+++ b/src/multicolvar/DumpMultiColvar.cpp
@@ -48,11 +48,15 @@ In this examples we calculate the distances between the  atoms of the first and
 group and we write them in the file MULTICOLVAR.xyz. For each couple it writes the 
 coordinates of their geometric center and their distance.
 
+\verbatim
 pos:   GROUP ATOMS=220,221,235,236,247,248,438,439,450,451,534,535
 neg:   GROUP ATOMS=65,68,138,182,185,267,270,291,313,316,489,583,621,711
 DISTANCES GROUPA=pos GROUPB=neg LABEL=slt
 
 DUMPMULTICOLVAR DATA=slt FILE=MULTICOLVAR.xyz
+\endverbatim
+
+(see also \ref DISTANCES)
 
 */
 //+ENDPLUMEDOC