diff --git a/src/org/stringtemplate/v4/ST.java b/src/org/stringtemplate/v4/ST.java
index 38c6d239..2d47d597 100644
--- a/src/org/stringtemplate/v4/ST.java
+++ b/src/org/stringtemplate/v4/ST.java
@@ -561,9 +561,7 @@ public String toString() {
 
 	/**
 	 * <pre>
-	 * ST.format("name, phone | &lt;name&gt;:&lt;phone&gt;", n, p);
 	 * ST.format("&lt;%1&gt;:&lt;%2&gt;", n, p);
-	 * ST.format("&lt;name&gt;:&lt;phone&gt;", "name", x, "phone", y);
 	 * </pre>
 	 */
 	public static String format(String template, Object... attributes) {
diff --git a/test/org/stringtemplate/v4/test/TestCoreBasics.java b/test/org/stringtemplate/v4/test/TestCoreBasics.java
index 32886204..ae33eb49 100644
--- a/test/org/stringtemplate/v4/test/TestCoreBasics.java
+++ b/test/org/stringtemplate/v4/test/TestCoreBasics.java
@@ -1064,4 +1064,12 @@ public class TestCoreBasics extends BaseTest {
 		st2.add("arg1", "value");
 		assertEquals("simple template", st2.render());
 	}
+
+	@Test public void testFormat_PositionalArguments() {
+		String n = "n";
+		String p = "p";
+		String expected = "n:p";
+		String actual = ST.format("<%1>:<%2>", n, p);
+		assertEquals(expected, actual);
+	}
 }