diff --git a/R/clustering.R b/R/clustering.R
index a87088b..61c8708 100644
--- a/R/clustering.R
+++ b/R/clustering.R
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ degMDS = function(counts, condition=NULL, k=2, d="euclidian", xi=1, yi=2) {
 #' @param plot boolean plot the clusters found
 #' @param fixy vector integers used as ylim in plot
 #' @param nClusters an integer scalar or vector with the desired number of groups
-#' @param skipDendo a boolean to run or not dendextend. Temporary fix to memory
+#' @param skipDendrogram a boolean to run or not dendextend. Temporary fix to memory
 #'                  issue in linux.
 #' @details 
 #' It can work with one or more groups with 2 or
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ degPatterns = function(ma, metadata, minc=15, summarize="merge",
     }
     
     dend_plot <- NA
-    if (length(unique(groups)) > 0 & is.null(nClusters) & !skipDendo){
+    if (length(unique(groups)) > 0 & is.null(nClusters) & !skipDendrogram){
         dend <- cluster_genes 
         h = dend$dc
         clust <- cutree(as.hclust(dend), h = h)
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ degPatterns = function(ma, metadata, minc=15, summarize="merge",
         if (plot)
             plot(dend_plot, xlab="", ylab="", main="", sub="", axes=FALSE, cex = 2)
     }
-    if (length(unique(groups)) > 0 & is.numeric(nClusters) & !skipDendo){
+    if (length(unique(groups)) > 0 & is.numeric(nClusters) & !skipDendrogram){
         dend <- cluster_genes 
         clust <- cutree(as.hclust(dend), k = nClusters)
         clust.cutree <- dendextend::cutree(dend, k = nClusters, order_clusters_as_data = FALSE)
diff --git a/man/degPatterns.Rd b/man/degPatterns.Rd
index 94d0792..66c34dd 100644
--- a/man/degPatterns.Rd
+++ b/man/degPatterns.Rd
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ degPatterns(
   eachStep = FALSE,
   plot = TRUE,
   fixy = NULL,
-  nClusters = NULL
+  nClusters = NULL,
+  skipDendo = TRUE
 )
 }
 \arguments{
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ with multiple time points}.}
 \item{fixy}{vector integers used as ylim in plot}
 
 \item{nClusters}{an integer scalar or vector with the desired number of groups}
+
+\item{skipDendrogram}{a boolean to run or not dendextend. Temporary fix to memory
+issue in linux.}
 }
 \value{
 list wiht two items: