diff --git a/R/linebreak.R b/R/linebreak.R
index 3bc0d51..d78a242 100644
--- a/R/linebreak.R
+++ b/R/linebreak.R
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #' Make linebreak in LaTeX Table cells
 #'
-#' @description This function generate LaTeX code of `makecell` so that users
+#' @description This function generates LaTeX code of `makecell` so that users
 #' can have linebreaks in their table
 #'
 #' @param x A character vector
-#' @param align Choose from "l", "c" or "r"
+#' @param align Choose from "l", "c" or "r".  Defaults to "l".
 #' @param double_escape Whether special character should be double escaped.
 #' Default is FALSE.
 #' @param linebreaker Symbol for linebreaks to replace. Default is `\\n`.
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
                       linebreaker = "\n") {
   if (is.numeric(x) | is.logical(x)) return(x)
   x <- as.character(x)
+  if (missing(align))
+    align <- "l"
   align <- vapply(align, match.arg, 'a', choices = c("l", "c", "r"))
   if (double_escape) {
     ifelse(str_detect(x, linebreaker),