diff --git a/src/base/statistics.rs b/src/base/statistics.rs
index 0fe18130..a6fadda6 100644
--- a/src/base/statistics.rs
+++ b/src/base/statistics.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{Scalar, Dim, Matrix, VectorN, RowVectorN, DefaultAllocator, U1, VectorSliceN};
-use alga::general::{Field, SupersetOf};
+use alga::general::{AdditiveMonoid, Field, SupersetOf};
 use crate::storage::Storage;
 use crate::allocator::Allocator;
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ impl<N: Scalar, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Storage<N, R, C>> Matrix<N, R, C, S> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<N: Scalar + Field + SupersetOf<f64>, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Storage<N, R, C>> Matrix<N, R, C, S> {
+impl<N: Scalar + AdditiveMonoid, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Storage<N, R, C>> Matrix<N, R, C, S> {
     /*
      *
      * Sum computation.
@@ -83,11 +83,15 @@ impl<N: Scalar + Field + SupersetOf<f64>, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Storage<N, R, C>> M
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// # use nalgebra::{Matrix2x3, RowVector3};
+    /// # use nalgebra::{Matrix2x3, Matrix3x2};
+    /// # use nalgebra::{RowVector2, RowVector3};
     ///
     /// let m = Matrix2x3::new(1.0, 2.0, 3.0,
     ///                        4.0, 5.0, 6.0);
     /// assert_eq!(m.row_sum(), RowVector3::new(5.0, 7.0, 9.0));
+    ///
+    /// let mint = Matrix3x2::new(1,2,3,4,5,6);
+    /// assert_eq!(mint.row_sum(), RowVector2::new(9,12));
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn row_sum(&self) -> RowVectorN<N, C>
@@ -100,11 +104,15 @@ impl<N: Scalar + Field + SupersetOf<f64>, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Storage<N, R, C>> M
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// # use nalgebra::{Matrix2x3, Vector3};
+    /// # use nalgebra::{Matrix2x3, Matrix3x2};
+    /// # use nalgebra::{Vector2, Vector3};
     ///
     /// let m = Matrix2x3::new(1.0, 2.0, 3.0,
     ///                        4.0, 5.0, 6.0);
     /// assert_eq!(m.row_sum_tr(), Vector3::new(5.0, 7.0, 9.0));
+    ///
+    /// let mint = Matrix3x2::new(1,2,3,4,5,6);
+    /// assert_eq!(mint.row_sum_tr(), Vector2::new(9,12));
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn row_sum_tr(&self) -> VectorN<N, C>
@@ -117,21 +125,27 @@ impl<N: Scalar + Field + SupersetOf<f64>, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Storage<N, R, C>> M
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// # use nalgebra::{Matrix2x3, Vector2};
+    /// # use nalgebra::{Matrix2x3, Matrix3x2};
+    /// # use nalgebra::{Vector2, Vector3};
     ///
     /// let m = Matrix2x3::new(1.0, 2.0, 3.0,
     ///                        4.0, 5.0, 6.0);
     /// assert_eq!(m.column_sum(), Vector2::new(6.0, 15.0));
+    ///
+    /// let mint = Matrix3x2::new(1,2,3,4,5,6);
+    /// assert_eq!(mint.column_sum(), Vector3::new(3,7,11));
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn column_sum(&self) -> VectorN<N, R>
         where DefaultAllocator: Allocator<N, R> {
         let nrows = self.data.shape().0;
         self.compress_columns(VectorN::zeros_generic(nrows, U1), |out, col| {
-            out.axpy(N::one(), &col, N::one())
+            *out += col;
         })
     }
+}
 
+impl<N: Scalar + Field + SupersetOf<f64>, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Storage<N, R, C>> Matrix<N, R, C, S> {
     /*
      *
      * Variance computation.