diff --git a/hewr/DESCRIPTION b/hewr/DESCRIPTION
index b8d64bc8..a06bf5b7 100644
--- a/hewr/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/hewr/DESCRIPTION
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Imports:
 Remotes:
     https://github.com/cdcgov/forecasttools
 Suggests:
+    rcmdcheck,
     testthat (>= 3.0.0),
     withr
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
+Config/Needs/check: rcmdcheck, testthat
diff --git a/hewr/man/disease_map_lower.Rd b/hewr/man/disease_map_lower.Rd
index dbf5de27..63137973 100644
--- a/hewr/man/disease_map_lower.Rd
+++ b/hewr/man/disease_map_lower.Rd
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 \title{Utilities for handling and parsing directory names
 based on pyrenew-hew pipeline conventions.}
 \format{
-An object of class \code{list} of length 2.
+An object of class \code{character} of length 2.
 }
 \usage{
 disease_map_lower