diff --git a/docs/examples/howto_sample_multiple_chains.md b/docs/examples/howto_sample_multiple_chains.md
index a5b6566f8..c2947e29f 100644
--- a/docs/examples/howto_sample_multiple_chains.md
+++ b/docs/examples/howto_sample_multiple_chains.md
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ observed = np.random.normal(loc, scale, size=1_000)
 def logdensity_fn(loc, log_scale, observed=observed):
     """Univariate Normal"""
     scale = jnp.exp(log_scale)
+    logjac = log_scale
     logpdf = stats.norm.logpdf(observed, loc, scale)
-    return jnp.sum(logpdf)
+    return logjac + jnp.sum(logpdf)
 
 
 def logdensity(x):
diff --git a/docs/examples/quickstart.md b/docs/examples/quickstart.md
index 870e5df9a..a290bfdad 100644
--- a/docs/examples/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/examples/quickstart.md
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ observed = np.random.normal(loc, scale, size=1_000)
 def logdensity_fn(loc, log_scale, observed=observed):
     """Univariate Normal"""
     scale = jnp.exp(log_scale)
+    logjac = log_scale
     logpdf = stats.norm.logpdf(observed, loc, scale)
-    return jnp.sum(logpdf)
+    return logjac + jnp.sum(logpdf)
 
 
 logdensity = lambda x: logdensity_fn(**x)
diff --git a/tests/smc/__init__.py b/tests/smc/__init__.py
index 006d7ba38..8f5a39d6f 100644
--- a/tests/smc/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/smc/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ def logdensity_fn(self, log_scale, coefs, preds, x):
         logpdf = self.logdensity_by_observation(log_scale, coefs, preds, x)
         return jnp.sum(logpdf)
 
+    def logprior_fn(self, log_scale, coefs):
+        return log_scale + stats.norm.logpdf(log_scale) + stats.norm.logpdf(coefs)
+
     def observations(self):
         num_particles = 100
 
@@ -27,9 +30,7 @@ def observations(self):
     def particles_prior_loglikelihood(self):
         observations, num_particles = self.observations()
 
-        logprior_fn = lambda x: stats.norm.logpdf(x["log_scale"]) + stats.norm.logpdf(
-            x["coefs"]
-        )
+        logprior_fn = lambda x: self.logprior_fn(**x)
         loglikelihood_fn = lambda x: self.logdensity_fn(**x, **observations)
 
         log_scale_init = np.random.randn(num_particles)
@@ -45,9 +46,7 @@ def partial_posterior_test_case(self):
         y_data = 3 * x_data + np.random.normal(size=x_data.shape)
         observations = {"x": x_data, "preds": y_data}
 
-        logprior_fn = lambda x: stats.norm.logpdf(x["log_scale"]) + stats.norm.logpdf(
-            x["coefs"]
-        )
+        logprior_fn = lambda x: self.logprior_fn(**x)
 
         log_scale_init = np.random.randn(num_particles)
         coeffs_init = np.random.randn(num_particles)