diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 95b7902..2fc7bec 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 Package: rvertnet
 Title: Search 'Vertnet', a 'Database' of Vertebrate Specimen Records
-Description: Retrieve, map and summarize data from the 'VertNet.org' archives.
-    Functions allow searching by many parameters, including 'taxonomic' names,
-    places, and dates. In addition, there is an interface for conducting spatially
-    delimited searches, and another for requesting large 'datasets' via email.
+Description: Retrieve, map and summarize data from the 'VertNet.org' 
+    archives (<http://vertnet.org/>).  Functions allow searching by many 
+    parameters, including 'taxonomic' names, places, and dates. In addition, 
+    there is an interface for conducting spatially delimited searches, and 
+    another for requesting large 'datasets' via email.
 Version: 0.7.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Scott", "Chamberlain",
diff --git a/R/traitsearch.R b/R/traitsearch.R
index c1d08db..dd272af 100644
--- a/R/traitsearch.R
+++ b/R/traitsearch.R
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@
 #' @return a list, same as returned by \code{\link{vertsearch}}, with data
 #' in the \code{data} slot
 #'
-#' @examples
+#' @examples \dontrun{
 #' traitsearch(has_mass = TRUE, limit = 3)
-#'
-#' \dontrun{
 #' traitsearch(has_lifestage = TRUE)
 #' traitsearch(has_mass = TRUE, has_length = TRUE)
 #' res <- traitsearch(length_type = "total length",
diff --git a/man/traitsearch.Rd b/man/traitsearch.Rd
index e0b51bd..f7bffa7 100644
--- a/man/traitsearch.Rd
+++ b/man/traitsearch.Rd
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ Wraps \code{\link{vertsearch}}, with some of the same parameters,
 but with additional parameters added to make querying for traits easy.
 }
 \examples{
-traitsearch(has_mass = TRUE, limit = 3)
-
 \dontrun{
+traitsearch(has_mass = TRUE, limit = 3)
 traitsearch(has_lifestage = TRUE)
 traitsearch(has_mass = TRUE, has_length = TRUE)
 res <- traitsearch(length_type = "total length",