diff --git a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
index 5a6f6fae..06378fa4 100644
--- a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
+++ b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
 				fixHeight(table, p);
 				// apply widgets after table has rendered
 				$t.trigger('applyWidgets');
-				$t.trigger('update', [false, function(){
+				$t.trigger('updateRow', [false, function(){
 					if (p.initialized) {
 						$t.trigger('updateComplete');
 						$t.trigger('pagerChange', p);
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
 			pg.val(p.size); // set page size
 			p.totalPages = Math.ceil( Math.min( p.totalPages, p.filteredPages ) / p.size );
 			if ( triggered ) {
-				$(table).trigger('update');
+				$(table).trigger('updateRow');
 				setPageSize(table, p.size, p);
 				hideRowsSetup(table, p);
 				fixHeight(table, p);
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index a42b35a7..50b17cd0 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -3243,7 +3243,7 @@ $("table").trigger("sortReset");</pre></div>
 			<tr id="update">
 				<td><a href="#" class="permalink">update</a> / <a href="#" class="permalink">updateRow</a></td>
 				<td>Update the <code>tbody</code>'s stored data (<code>update</code> &amp; <code>updateRow</code> do exactly the same thing)
-					<div class="collapsible">
+					<div class="collapsible"><br>
 						<pre class="prettyprint lang-javascript">// Add new content
 $("table tbody").append(html);
 
@@ -3264,7 +3264,9 @@ $("table").trigger("update", [resort, callback]);
 var sorting = [[2,1],[0,0]];
 $("table")
 	.trigger("update", [ false ])
-	.trigger("sorton", [sorting]);</pre></div>
+	.trigger("sorton", [sorting]);</pre>
+	Note: <code>updateRow</code> was added to work around the issue of using jQuery with the Prototype library. Triggering an "update" would make Prototype clear the tbody; Please see <a href="https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/217">issue #217</a> for more details.
+	</div>
 				</td>
 				<td><a href="example-ajax.html">Example</a></td>
 			</tr>
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
index 099e7ad3..4a4103a9 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ tsp = ts.pager = {
 			tsp.fixHeight(table, c);
 			// apply widgets after table has rendered
 			$t.trigger('applyWidgets');
-			$t.trigger('update', [false, function(){
+			$t.trigger('updateRow', [false, function(){
 				if (p.initialized) {
 					$t.trigger('updateComplete');
 					$t.trigger('pagerChange', c);
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ tsp = ts.pager = {
 		p.totalPages = Math.ceil( Math.min( p.totalPages, p.filteredPages ) / p.size );
 		c.$table.removeClass('pagerDisabled');
 		if ( triggered ) {
-			c.$table.trigger('update');
+			c.$table.trigger('updateRow');
 			tsp.setPageSize(table, p.size, c);
 			tsp.hideRowsSetup(table, c);
 			tsp.fixHeight(table, c);