diff --git a/R/http_requests.R b/R/http_requests.R
index 6f74b85..fb9332f 100644
--- a/R/http_requests.R
+++ b/R/http_requests.R
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 #' Make GET request to Google Sheets API.
 #'
 #' @param url the url of the page to retrieve
-#' @param to_xml whether to convert response contents to xml_doc() or leave as
-#'   character string
-#' @param use_auth logical; indicates if authorization be used, defaults to
-#'   \code{FALSE} if \code{url} implies public visibility and \code{FALSE}
+#' @param to_xml whether to convert response contents to \code{xml_doc()} or
+#'   leave as character string
+#' @param use_auth logical; indicates if authorization should be used, defaults
+#'   to \code{FALSE} if \code{url} implies public visibility and \code{TRUE}
 #'   otherwise
 #' @param ... optional; further named parameters, such as \code{query},
 #'   \code{path}, etc, passed on to \code{\link[httr]{modify_url}}. Unnamed
diff --git a/man/gsheets_GET.Rd b/man/gsheets_GET.Rd
index 4a3fe94..68f3e45 100644
--- a/man/gsheets_GET.Rd
+++ b/man/gsheets_GET.Rd
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ gsheets_GET(url, to_xml = TRUE, use_auth = !grepl("public", url), ...)
 \arguments{
 \item{url}{the url of the page to retrieve}
 
-\item{to_xml}{whether to convert response contents to xml_doc() or leave as
-character string}
+\item{to_xml}{whether to convert response contents to \code{xml_doc()} or
+leave as character string}
 
-\item{use_auth}{logical; indicates if authorization be used, defaults to
-\code{FALSE} if \code{url} implies public visibility and \code{FALSE}
+\item{use_auth}{logical; indicates if authorization should be used, defaults
+to \code{FALSE} if \code{url} implies public visibility and \code{TRUE}
 otherwise}
 
 \item{...}{optional; further named parameters, such as \code{query},