diff --git a/R/ages.R b/R/ages.R
index 1a6c7b552e9e8d497864afb0ce40bc9ebb8d9e7b..4edd72fddba3d037d6af26e2f6322d2da2976b7c 100644
--- a/R/ages.R
+++ b/R/ages.R
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ NULL
 #' @param ... Currently unused
 #'
 #' @examples
-#' mortalityTables.load("Austria_*", wildcard=TRUE)
+#' mortalityTables.load("Austria_*")
 #' ages(AVOe2005R.male)
 #' ages(AVOe1996R.male)
 #' ages(mort.AT.census.2011.male)
diff --git a/man/ages.Rd b/man/ages.Rd
index 430361583cbc732d184fb8b5eb6567074029d949..060e281358c9fa724fadf87af184385352610af7 100644
--- a/man/ages.Rd
+++ b/man/ages.Rd
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Return the defined ages of the life table
 }}
 
 \examples{
-mortalityTables.load("Austria_*", wildcard=TRUE)
+mortalityTables.load("Austria_*")
 ages(AVOe2005R.male)
 ages(AVOe1996R.male)
 ages(mort.AT.census.2011.male)
diff --git a/vignettes/using-the-mortalityTables-package.R b/vignettes/using-the-mortalityTables-package.R
index 3b2c734df922d11285c4f4e95f1aa298d7b4c15c..6ecb35fb8b0d2c790ff5238104c19d1fe0bad1a5 100644
--- a/vignettes/using-the-mortalityTables-package.R
+++ b/vignettes/using-the-mortalityTables-package.R
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mortalityTables.list("Austria_*")
 mortalityTables.load("Germany_Annuities_DAV2004R")
 
 # Load all Austrian data sets
-mortalityTables.load("Austria_*", wildcard=TRUE)
+mortalityTables.load("Austria_*")
 
 ## ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Log-linear plot comparing some Austrian census tables