diff --git a/jmlr2e.sty b/jmlr2e.sty
index 7a6e4da..7fa7b55 100755
--- a/jmlr2e.sty
+++ b/jmlr2e.sty
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ are provided at \url{http://jmlr.org/papers/v#1/#6.html}.\hfill}}%
 \else
     \newenvironment{proof}{\par\noindent{\bf Proof\ }}{\hfill\BlackBox\\[2mm]}
 \fi
-\newtheorem{example}{Example} 
 \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
+\newtheorem{example}[theorem]{Example} 
 \newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma} 
 \newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition} 
 \newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark}