diff --git a/R/mlr_coercions.R b/R/mlr_coercions.R
index 2590a8309..da0809378 100644
--- a/R/mlr_coercions.R
+++ b/R/mlr_coercions.R
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 #' @return Coerced object. The default method will return the object as-is.
 #'   Failed coercions have to be handled by on of the assertions in [mlr_assertions].
 #' @examples
-#' # convert a dictionary key to object
-#' as_task("iris")
-#'
 #' # convert single measure to list of measures
 #' measure = msr("classif.ce")
 #' as_measures(measure)
diff --git a/man/mlr_coercions.Rd b/man/mlr_coercions.Rd
index ca611b190..828195840 100644
--- a/man/mlr_coercions.Rd
+++ b/man/mlr_coercions.Rd
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ Failed coercions have to be handled by on of the assertions in \link{mlr_asserti
 S3 generics and methods to coerce to (lists of) \link{Task}, \link{Learner}, \link{Resampling}, and \link{Measure}.
 }
 \examples{
-# convert a dictionary key to object
-as_task("iris")
-
 # convert single measure to list of measures
 measure = msr("classif.ce")
 as_measures(measure)