diff --git a/R/position-dodge.r b/R/position-dodge.r
index 3836b421ad..6ad71f8edf 100644
--- a/R/position-dodge.r
+++ b/R/position-dodge.r
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 #' ggplot(mtcars, aes(factor(cyl), fill = factor(vs))) +
 #'   geom_bar(position = "dodge2")
 #'
-#' # By default, dodging with `position_dodge2()` preserves the width of each
-#' # element. You can choose to preserve the total width with:
+#' # By default, dodging with `position_dodge2()` preserves the total width of
+#' # the elements. You can choose to preserve the width of each element with:
 #' ggplot(mtcars, aes(factor(cyl), fill = factor(vs))) +
-#'   geom_bar(position = position_dodge(preserve = "total"))
+#'   geom_bar(position = position_dodge2(preserve = "single"))
 #'
 #' \donttest{
 #' ggplot(diamonds, aes(price, fill = cut)) +
diff --git a/man/position_dodge.Rd b/man/position_dodge.Rd
index 21122a3055..708a72b4d5 100644
--- a/man/position_dodge.Rd
+++ b/man/position_dodge.Rd
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ also works with bars and rectangles.
 ggplot(mtcars, aes(factor(cyl), fill = factor(vs))) +
   geom_bar(position = "dodge2")
 
-# By default, dodging with `position_dodge2()` preserves the width of each
-# element. You can choose to preserve the total width with:
+# By default, dodging with `position_dodge2()` preserves the total width of
+# the elements. You can choose to preserve the width of each element with:
 ggplot(mtcars, aes(factor(cyl), fill = factor(vs))) +
-  geom_bar(position = position_dodge(preserve = "total"))
+  geom_bar(position = position_dodge2(preserve = "single"))
 
 \donttest{
 ggplot(diamonds, aes(price, fill = cut)) +