diff --git a/R/column_spec.R b/R/column_spec.R
index bdc8655..c33461c 100644
--- a/R/column_spec.R
+++ b/R/column_spec.R
@@ -57,10 +57,13 @@
 #' customize the column specification.  Because of the way it is handled
 #' internally, any backslashes must be escaped.
 #'
-#' @examples x <- knitr::kable(head(mtcars), "html")
+#' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
+#' x <- knitr::kable(head(mtcars), "html")
 #' column_spec(x, 1:2, width = "20em", bold = TRUE, italic = TRUE)
 #' x <- knitr::kable(head(mtcars), "latex", booktabs = TRUE)
 #' column_spec(x, 1, latex_column_spec = ">{\\\\color{red}}c")
+#' }
 #' @export
 column_spec <- function(kable_input, column,
                         width = NULL, bold = FALSE, italic = FALSE,