diff --git a/R/read_excel.R b/R/read_excel.R
index 32990784..8fbf423e 100644
--- a/R/read_excel.R
+++ b/R/read_excel.R
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ NULL
 #' read_excel(datasets, col_types = "text")
 #'
 #' # Specify some col_types and guess others
-#' read_excel(datasets, col_types = rep("guess", 11))
+#' read_excel(readxl_example("deaths.xlsx"), skip = 4, n_max = 10, col_names = TRUE,
+#'  col_types = c("text", "text", "guess", "guess", "guess", "guess"))
 #'
 #' # Accomodate a column with disparate types via col_type = "list"
 #' df <- read_excel(readxl_example("clippy.xlsx"), col_types = c("text", "list"))
diff --git a/inst/extdata/deaths.xls b/inst/extdata/deaths.xls
index bb391042..e1060381 100644
Binary files a/inst/extdata/deaths.xls and b/inst/extdata/deaths.xls differ