diff --git a/Examples/octave/extend/runme.m b/Examples/octave/extend/runme.m
index bc73184a8..c88a7c151 100644
--- a/Examples/octave/extend/runme.m
+++ b/Examples/octave/extend/runme.m
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ CEO=@(name) subclass(swigexample.Manager(name),'getPosition',@(self) "CEO");
 
 # Create an instance of our employee extension class, CEO. The calls to
 # getName() and getPosition() are standard, the call to getTitle() uses
-# the director wrappers to call CEO.getPosition. e = CEO("Alice")
+# the director wrappers to call CEO.getPosition.
 
 e = CEO("Alice");
 printf("%s is a %s\n",e.getName(),e.getPosition());
diff --git a/Examples/python/extend/runme.py b/Examples/python/extend/runme.py
index 2bb38fadc..e97358b99 100644
--- a/Examples/python/extend/runme.py
+++ b/Examples/python/extend/runme.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class CEO(example.Manager):
 
 # Create an instance of our employee extension class, CEO. The calls to
 # getName() and getPosition() are standard, the call to getTitle() uses
-# the director wrappers to call CEO.getPosition. e = CEO("Alice")
+# the director wrappers to call CEO.getPosition.
 
 e = CEO("Alice")
 print e.getName(), "is a", e.getPosition()