diff --git a/src/base/matrix.rs b/src/base/matrix.rs
index b1e0653c..1fb93fea 100644
--- a/src/base/matrix.rs
+++ b/src/base/matrix.rs
@@ -279,6 +279,16 @@ impl<N: Scalar, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Storage<N, R, C>> Matrix<N, R, C, S> {
 
     /// Computes the row and column coordinates of the i-th element of this matrix seen as a
     /// vector.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    /// ```
+    /// # use nalgebra::Matrix2;
+    /// let m = Matrix2::new(1, 2,
+    ///                      3, 4);
+    /// let i = m.vector_to_matrix_index(3);
+    /// assert_eq!(i, (1, 1));
+    /// assert_eq!(m[i], m[3]);
+    /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn vector_to_matrix_index(&self, i: usize) -> (usize, usize) {
         let (nrows, ncols) = self.shape();