An unexpected presence of hydrogen in 4H-SiC was revealed by the observation of hydrogen related lines in the low-temperature photoluminescence (LTPL) spectrum after secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) measurements. The lines were not observed before SIMS. The high-energy ions during SIMS are proposed to break the boron-hydrogen bonds. This phenomenon is observable only for a certain impurity concentration in the material due to the competition of various recombination channels during the LTPL experiment.