diff --git a/src/sage/matrix/matrix2.pyx b/src/sage/matrix/matrix2.pyx
index d3f0739c557..93f8a499663 100644
--- a/src/sage/matrix/matrix2.pyx
+++ b/src/sage/matrix/matrix2.pyx
@@ -12968,8 +12968,8 @@ cdef class Matrix(Matrix1):
 
             sage: U = matrix(GF(17**2),[[0,1],[1,0]])
             sage: B = U._cholesky_extended_ff(); B
-            [ 16*z2 + 1  6*z2 + 14]
-            [         1 16*z2 + 12]
+            [13*z2 + 6 3*z2 + 16]
+            [13*z2 + 6 14*z2 + 1]
             sage: U == B * B.H
             True
             sage: U = matrix(GF(13**2),[[1,4,7],[4,1,4],[7,4,1]])