diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/m2/multilin.m2 b/M2/Macaulay2/m2/multilin.m2
index 72980f9694..ef4ffc6ecf 100644
--- a/M2/Macaulay2/m2/multilin.m2
+++ b/M2/Macaulay2/m2/multilin.m2
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ minors(ZZ, Matrix) := Ideal => opts -> (j, m) -> (
 	       if f =!= null then f#0, 
 	       if f =!= null then f#1)))
 
-pfaffians = method(TypicalValue => Ideal)
-pfaffians(ZZ, Matrix) := (j, m) -> (
+pfaffians = method()
+pfaffians(ZZ, Matrix) := Ideal => (j, m) -> (
      ideal(map(ring m, rawPfaffians(j,raw m))))
 
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