diff --git a/CppCoreGuidelines.md b/CppCoreGuidelines.md
index 8589d784b..eda492ec1 100644
--- a/CppCoreGuidelines.md
+++ b/CppCoreGuidelines.md
@@ -4878,6 +4878,7 @@ It's the simplest and gives the cleanest semantics.
 
     struct Named_map {
     public:
+        Named_map() : name("empty") {}
         // ... no default operations declared ...
     private:
         string name;