diff --git a/R/epidist_db.R b/R/epidist_db.R
index c29578ea0..d5f167784 100644
--- a/R/epidist_db.R
+++ b/R/epidist_db.R
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 #' (and `author` if specified). If left as `NULL` (default) no subsetting is
 #' carried out.
 #'
-#' The expression can be specified without using the data object name
-#' (e.g. `df$var`) and instead just `var` can be supplied (see details). In
+#' The expression should be specified without using the data object name
+#' (e.g. `df$var`) and instead just `var` should be supplied. In
 #' other words, this argument works the same as the `subset` argument in
 #' [`subset()`]. It is similar to `<data-masking>` using by the `dplyr` package.
 #'
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ epidist_db <- function(disease,
                        author = NULL,
                        subset = NULL,
                        single_epidist = FALSE) {
+  browser()
   # check input
   checkmate::assert_string(disease)
   epi_dist <- match.arg(arg = epi_dist, several.ok = FALSE)
diff --git a/man/epidist_db.Rd b/man/epidist_db.Rd
index 35fb98b68..a104afd6c 100644
--- a/man/epidist_db.Rd
+++ b/man/epidist_db.Rd
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ with the subsetting done with the \code{disease} and \code{epidist} arguments
 (and \code{author} if specified). If left as \code{NULL} (default) no subsetting is
 carried out.
 
-The expression can be specified without using the data object name
-(e.g. \code{df$var}) and instead just \code{var} can be supplied (see details). In
+The expression should be specified without using the data object name
+(e.g. \code{df$var}) and instead just \code{var} should be supplied. In
 other words, this argument works the same as the \code{subset} argument in
 \code{\link[=subset]{subset()}}. It is similar to \verb{<data-masking>} using by the \code{dplyr} package.}