diff --git a/docs/simulate.ron b/docs/simulate.ron
index ea442b0e4..6f522b969 100644
--- a/docs/simulate.ron
+++ b/docs/simulate.ron
@@ -300,11 +300,11 @@
                     /* downscale factor along the x-axis of the habitat
                      * expressed either as a power-of-two integer
                      *  or as a base-two scientific notation string */
-                    x: (u32 = 2^{1..=16}) or ("1B{1..=16}"),
+                    x: (u32 = 2^{0..=16}) or ("1B{0..=16}"),
                     /* downscale factor along the y-axis of the habitat
                      * expressed either as a power-of-two integer
                      *  or as a base-two scientific notation string */
-                    y: (u32 = 2^{1..=16}) or ("1B{1..=16}"),
+                    y: (u32 = 2^{0..=16}) or ("1B{0..=16}"),
                     /* number of random samples used to emperically determine
                      *  the self-dispersal probability (and the non-self-
                      *  dispersal target probability distribution,