diff --git a/R/add_footnote.R b/R/add_footnote.R
index 49e37cb..469987f 100644
--- a/R/add_footnote.R
+++ b/R/add_footnote.R
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
 #' @param escape Logical value controlling if the label needs to be escaped.
 #' Default is TRUE.
 #'
-#' @examples x <- knitr::kable(head(mtcars), "html")
+#' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
+#' x <- knitr::kable(head(mtcars), "html")
 #' add_footnote(x, c("footnote 1", "footnote 2"), notation = "symbol")
+#' }
 #'
 #' @export
 add_footnote <- function(input, label = NULL,