diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBEntryAdaptor.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBEntryAdaptor.pm
index 2d5fb9af0fdb724636c5af90bb74810ec40becdd..f6fc6a180af9820f2e2e9024cfcfd74be0967db4 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBEntryAdaptor.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBEntryAdaptor.pm
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ sub list_gene_ids_by_external_db_id{
 
   Arg [1]    : string $external_name
   Arg [2]    : (optional) string $external_db_name
-  Example    : @gene_ids = $dbea->list_gene_ids_by_extids('ARSE');
+  Example    : @gene_ids = $dbea->list_gene_ids_by_extids('CDPX');
   Description: Retrieve a list of geneid by an external identifier that is 
                linked to  any of the genes transcripts, translations or the 
                gene itself