diff --git a/R/read_nisurface.R b/R/read_nisurface.R
index 0911d21..4778299 100644
--- a/R/read_nisurface.R
+++ b/R/read_nisurface.R
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #' @family mesh functions
 #'
 #' @examples
-#' \donttest{
+#' \dontrun{
 #'     surface_filepath_noext =
 #'      paste(get_optional_data_filepath("subjects_dir/subject1/surf/"),
 #'      'lh.white', sep="");
diff --git a/man/read_nisurface.Rd b/man/read_nisurface.Rd
index 7094f17..e69daab 100644
--- a/man/read_nisurface.Rd
+++ b/man/read_nisurface.Rd
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ an instance of `fs.surface`, read from the file. See \code{\link[freesurferforma
 Tries to read all files which can be constructed from the base path and the given extensions.
 }
 \examples{
-\donttest{
+\dontrun{
     surface_filepath_noext =
      paste(get_optional_data_filepath("subjects_dir/subject1/surf/"),
      'lh.white', sep="");