diff --git a/R/qenv-get_code.R b/R/qenv-get_code.R
index ce5dd4399..0c23cb8df 100644
--- a/R/qenv-get_code.R
+++ b/R/qenv-get_code.R
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #' @name get_code
 #' @param object (`qenv`)
 #' @param deparse (`logical(1)`) if the returned code should be converted to character.
+#' @param ... arguments passed to methods.
 #' @return named `character` with the reproducible code.
 #' @examples
 #' q1 <- new_qenv(env = list2env(list(a = 1)), code = quote(a <- 1))
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
 #' get_code(q3)
 #' get_code(q3, deparse = FALSE)
 #' @export
-setGeneric("get_code", function(object, deparse = TRUE) {
+setGeneric("get_code", function(object, deparse = TRUE, ...) {
   # this line forces evaluation of object before passing to the generic
   # needed for error handling to work properly
   grDevices::pdf(nullfile())
diff --git a/man/get_code.Rd b/man/get_code.Rd
index ed6008376..453afb15f 100644
--- a/man/get_code.Rd
+++ b/man/get_code.Rd
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 \alias{get_code,qenv.error-method}
 \title{Get code from \code{qenv}}
 \usage{
-get_code(object, deparse = TRUE)
+get_code(object, deparse = TRUE, ...)
 
 \S4method{get_code}{qenv}(object, deparse = TRUE)
 
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ get_code(object, deparse = TRUE)
 \item{object}{(\code{qenv})}
 
 \item{deparse}{(\code{logical(1)}) if the returned code should be converted to character.}
+
+\item{...}{arguments passed to methods.}
 }
 \value{
 named \code{character} with the reproducible code.