diff --git a/src/multicolvar/Density.cpp b/src/multicolvar/Density.cpp
index 6cfbbb31433d423139cb696bc46e49e4deb19f92..af192ec6e6147fc6abbb29df71ba3f987e98addc 100644
--- a/src/multicolvar/Density.cpp
+++ b/src/multicolvar/Density.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The following example calculates the number of atoms in one half of the simulati
 
 \verbatim
 DENSITY SPECIES=1-100 LABEL=d
-SUBCELL ARG=d XLOWER=0.0 XUPPER=0.5 LABEL=d1
+AROUND ARG=d XLOWER=0.0 XUPPER=0.5 LABEL=d1
 PRINT ARG=d1.* FILE=colvar1 FMT=%8.4f
 \endverbatim