diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 18d91bda9d4959827ec47d5f52e050629851eacd..9143752a6ffda540857eb8d74ee4a60a3e328356 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ### Version 1.9.4.9008 (2019-08-20)
 
 * Merge master into splotch branch
+* Fix dataset in splotchEstimate example
 
 ## Version 1.9.4 (2019-08-20)
 
diff --git a/R/splotch-estimate.R b/R/splotch-estimate.R
index 36a079216af2b9b338613e12e0e877fe1dd51c7d..d4bff448926cf4824e4a855ea65aae6979c314bc 100644
--- a/R/splotch-estimate.R
+++ b/R/splotch-estimate.R
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 #' @examples
 #' # Load example data
 #' library(scater)
-#' data("sc_example_counts")
+#' set.seed(1)
+#' sce <- mockSCE()
 #'
-#' params <- splotchEstimate(sc_example_counts)
+#' params <- splotchEstimate(sce)
 #' params
 #' @export
 splotchEstimate <- function(counts, params = newSplotchParams(),
diff --git a/man/splotchEstimate.Rd b/man/splotchEstimate.Rd
index e35772f47c498b627116cf4c88e96ec81f41c074..d6cc25f3b4eb3bd21b7a79066d1b2b0b0ff4b18a 100644
--- a/man/splotchEstimate.Rd
+++ b/man/splotchEstimate.Rd
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ is done.
 \examples{
 # Load example data
 library(scater)
-data("sc_example_counts")
+set.seed(1)
+sce <- mockSCE()
 
-params <- splotchEstimate(sc_example_counts)
+params <- splotchEstimate(sce)
 params
 }
 \seealso{