diff --git a/R/layout-.R b/R/layout-.R
index 78231bf..fe4801c 100644
--- a/R/layout-.R
+++ b/R/layout-.R
@@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ methods::setMethod("$", "Layout", function(x, name) {
 #'     ggalign() +
 #'     geom_point(aes(y = value))
 #'
+#' # `&` operator apply it to all plots
 #' ggheatmap(mat) +
 #'     anno_top() +
 #'     align_dendro() &
 #'     theme(panel.border = element_rect(
 #'         colour = "red", fill = NA, linewidth = unit(2, "mm")
 #'     ))
+#' # `-` operator only apply it to the active annotation
 #' ggheatmap(mat) +
 #'     anno_top() +
 #'     align_dendro() -
@@ -109,15 +111,6 @@ methods::setMethod("$", "Layout", function(x, name) {
 #'         colour = "red", fill = NA, linewidth = unit(2, "mm")
 #'     ))
 #'
-#' # used in the layout, define the default action for all plots in the layout
-#' ggheatmap(matrix(rnorm(72), nrow = 8)) -
-#'     theme(plot.background = element_rect(fill = "red"))
-#'
-#' # You can also add it for a single plot
-#' ggheatmap(matrix(rnorm(72), nrow = 8)) -
-#'     theme(plot.background = element_rect(fill = "red")) +
-#'     # here, we modify the plot action for the heatmap body
-#'     theme(plot.background = element_rect(fill = "blue"))
 #' @name layout-operator
 NULL
 
diff --git a/man/layout-operator.Rd b/man/layout-operator.Rd
index bb0300e..94e0607 100644
--- a/man/layout-operator.Rd
+++ b/man/layout-operator.Rd
@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@ ggheatmap(mat) +
     ggalign() +
     geom_point(aes(y = value))
 
+# `&` operator apply it to all plots
 ggheatmap(mat) +
     anno_top() +
     align_dendro() &
     theme(panel.border = element_rect(
         colour = "red", fill = NA, linewidth = unit(2, "mm")
     ))
+# `-` operator only apply it to the active annotation
 ggheatmap(mat) +
     anno_top() +
     align_dendro() -
@@ -81,13 +83,4 @@ ggheatmap(mat) +
         colour = "red", fill = NA, linewidth = unit(2, "mm")
     ))
 
-# used in the layout, define the default action for all plots in the layout
-ggheatmap(matrix(rnorm(72), nrow = 8)) -
-    theme(plot.background = element_rect(fill = "red"))
-
-# You can also add it for a single plot
-ggheatmap(matrix(rnorm(72), nrow = 8)) -
-    theme(plot.background = element_rect(fill = "red")) +
-    # here, we modify the plot action for the heatmap body
-    theme(plot.background = element_rect(fill = "blue"))
 }