--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/getfield.m
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/getfield.m
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{v1}, @dots{}] =} getfield (@var{s}, @var{key}, @dots{}) 
-## Extract fields from a structure.  For example
+## Extract a field from a structure (or a nested structure).  For example
 ##
 ## @example
 ## @group
 ## ss(1,2).fd(3).b = 5;
 ## getfield (ss, @{1,2@}, "fd", @{3@}, "b")
-## @result{} ans = 5
+##      @result{} ans = 5
 ## @end group
 ## @end example
 ##
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 ## @group
 ## i1 = @{1,2@}; i2 = "fd"; i3 = @{3@}; i4= "b";
 ## ss(i1@{:@}).(i2)(i3@{:@}).(i4)
+##      @result{} ans = 5
+## 
 ## @end group
 ## @end example
 ## @seealso{setfield, rmfield, isfield, isstruct, fieldnames, struct}