diff --git a/R/test_request.R b/R/test_request.R
index 673f1c0..515abc2 100644
--- a/R/test_request.R
+++ b/R/test_request.R
@@ -2,23 +2,24 @@
 #'
 #' @description
 #' `gpt3_test_request()` sends a basic [completion request](https://beta.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) to the Open AI GPT-3 API.
-#' @param verbose (boolean) if TRUE prints the actual prompt and GPT-3 completion of the test request (default: FALSE).
+#' @param verbose (boolean) if TRUE prints the actual prompt and GPT-3 completion of the test request (default: TRUE).
 #' @return A message of success or failure of the connection.
 #' @examples
 #' gpt3_test_request()
 #' @export
-gpt3_test_request = function(verbose=F){
+gpt3_test_request = function(verbose=T){
 
   check_apikey_form()
 
   test_prompt = 'Write a story about R Studio:'
-  test_outout = gpt3_single_request(prompt_ = test_prompt
+  test_output = gpt3_single_request(prompt_ = test_prompt
                                   , max_tokens = 100)
   print(paste0('.. test successful ..'))
 
   if(verbose==T){
-    print(paste0('Requested completion for this prompt --> ', test_prompt))
-    print(paste0('GPT-3 completed --> ', test_outout))
+    # print(paste0('Requested completion for this prompt --> ', test_prompt))
+    # print(paste0('GPT-3 completed --> ', test_output))
+    test_output
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62bb14e..4645c5b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
 
 Get the path to your access key file and run the authentication with: `gpt3_authenticate("PATHTO/access_key.txt")`
 
+**Make the test request:**
+
+You can run the test function below, which sends a simple request (here: the instruction to "Write a story about R Studio:") to the API and returns the output in the format used in this package (i.e., list[[1]] --> prompt and output, list[[2]] = meta information).
+
+```{r}
+gpt3_test_request()
+```
+
+
+
 
 **Interact with GPT-3 via requests:**
 
diff --git a/man/gpt3_test_request.Rd b/man/gpt3_test_request.Rd
index 738e32f..d757118 100644
--- a/man/gpt3_test_request.Rd
+++ b/man/gpt3_test_request.Rd
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 \alias{gpt3_test_request}
 \title{Make a test request to the GPT-3 API}
 \usage{
-gpt3_test_request(verbose = F)
+gpt3_test_request(verbose = T)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{verbose}{(boolean) if TRUE prints the actual prompt and GPT-3 completion of the test request (default: FALSE).}
+\item{verbose}{(boolean) if TRUE prints the actual prompt and GPT-3 completion of the test request (default: TRUE).}
 }
 \value{
 A message of success or failure of the connection.