diff --git a/examples/reax/in.reax.rdx b/examples/reax/in.reax.rdx
index 288812fedf..053546577e 100644
--- a/examples/reax/in.reax.rdx
+++ b/examples/reax/in.reax.rdx
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ units		real
 atom_style	charge
 read_data	data.rdx
 
-pair_style	reax 10.0 0 1.0e-6
+#     reax args: hbcut hbnewflag tripflag precision
+pair_style	reax 10.0 0 1 1.0e-6
 pair_coeff	* * ffield.reax 1 2 3 4
 
 compute reax all pair reax
diff --git a/examples/reax/in.reax.tatb b/examples/reax/in.reax.tatb
index f612a2e6b9..e2be3e6b8d 100644
--- a/examples/reax/in.reax.tatb
+++ b/examples/reax/in.reax.tatb
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ atom_style	charge
 read_data	data.tatb
 
 # N.B. to match reax/c, set hbnewflag = 1
-#     reax args: hbcut hbnewflag precision
-#pair_style	reax 10.0 1 1.0e-6
-pair_style	reax 10.0 0 1.0e-6
+#     reax args: hbcut hbnewflag tripflag precision
+#pair_style	reax 10.0 1 1 1.0e-6
+pair_style	reax 10.0 0 1 1.0e-6
 pair_coeff	* * ffield.reax 1 2 3 4
 
 compute reax all pair reax
diff --git a/examples/reax/in.reax_c.rdx b/examples/reax/in.reax_c.rdx
index 8f5e67c591..a3b1efca55 100644
--- a/examples/reax/in.reax_c.rdx
+++ b/examples/reax/in.reax_c.rdx
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ timestep	1.0
 
 dump		1 all atom 10 dump.reax.rdx
 
+
 run		100