diff --git a/doc/_src_docs/surrogate_models/rmts.rst b/doc/_src_docs/surrogate_models/rmts.rst
index 21cc0e471..548e4ac97 100644
--- a/doc/_src_docs/surrogate_models/rmts.rst
+++ b/doc/_src_docs/surrogate_models/rmts.rst
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Usage (RMTC)
   
   sm = RMTC(
       xlimits=xlimits,
-      num_elements=20,
+      num_elements=6,
       energy_weight=1e-15,
       regularization_weight=0.0,
   )
diff --git a/smt/surrogate_models/tests/test_surrogate_model_examples.py b/smt/surrogate_models/tests/test_surrogate_model_examples.py
index be000675a..61ac1f0ac 100644
--- a/smt/surrogate_models/tests/test_surrogate_model_examples.py
+++ b/smt/surrogate_models/tests/test_surrogate_model_examples.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def test_rmtc(self):
 
         sm = RMTC(
             xlimits=xlimits,
-            num_elements=20,
+            num_elements=6,
             energy_weight=1e-15,
             regularization_weight=0.0,
         )