diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 2a3ca043..5aecc573 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Here are some other packages with functionality that is complementary to readxl
 __Writing Excel files__: The example files `datasets.xlsx` and `datasets.xls` were created with the help of [openxlsx](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=openxlsx) (and Excel). openxlsx provides "a high level interface to writing, styling and editing worksheets".
 
 ```{r eval = FALSE}
-l <- list(iris = iris, mtcars = mtcars, chickwts = chickwts, quakes = quakes)
+l <- list(mtcars = mtcars, chickwts = chickwts, quakes = quakes)
 openxlsx::write.xlsx(l, file = "inst/extdata/datasets.xlsx")
 ```
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 544bc94c..b0617ad3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ readxl_example()
 #>  [5] "deaths.xls"    "deaths.xlsx"   "geometry.xls"  "geometry.xlsx"
 #>  [9] "type-me.xls"   "type-me.xlsx"
 readxl_example("clippy.xls")
-#> [1] "/private/tmp/RtmpM1GkLC/temp_libpatha8e46f7f62bf/readxl/extdata/clippy.xls"
+#> [1] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.2/Resources/library/readxl/extdata/clippy.xls"
 ```
 
 `read_excel()` reads both xls and xlsx files and detects the format from
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ openxlsx provides “a high level interface to writing, styling and
 editing worksheets”.
 
 ``` r
-l <- list(iris = iris, mtcars = mtcars, chickwts = chickwts, quakes = quakes)
+l <- list(mtcars = mtcars, chickwts = chickwts, quakes = quakes)
 openxlsx::write.xlsx(l, file = "inst/extdata/datasets.xlsx")
 ```