diff --git a/R/parse.R b/R/parse.R
index 553ef51..e5e18a0 100644
--- a/R/parse.R
+++ b/R/parse.R
@@ -272,9 +272,10 @@ read_from_csv <- function(path="inst/csv/") {
     res
 }
 
-#' @param path directory of csv files to read
-#' read data from csv files if they exist already
-#' otherwise fetch protocols and then write the data into csv files
+#' Read records from csv or fetch
+#'
+#' @param path base directory where csv files are expected under path/csv
+#' and possibly records fetched and stored under path/records
 #' 
 #' @export
 read_from_csv_or_fetch <- function(path="inst/") {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69de28d..01ad364 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,34 @@ Using the `remotes` package, this is easily installed via:
 ```r
 remotes::install_url("https://git.flavigny.de/christian/hateimparlament/archive/master.zip")
 ```
-If you want to build the vignettes, pass `build_vignettes = TRUE`.
+If you want to build the vignettes, pass `build_vignettes = TRUE`. This takes a long time and
+fails sometimes, if bundestag.de times out, since
+in the beginning the necessary records are neither fetched nor parsed.
+
+## Install with vignettes
+
+An alternative for building
+the vignettes is to clone the repository and build the vignettes manually, e.g. on Linux
+```
+git clone https://git.flavigny.de/christian/hateimparlament
+cd hateimparlament
+```
+Then open a `R` shell and do
+```
+devtools::load_all() # load package
+devtools::wd() # set working directory
+```
+Then fetch all records, read them and write the parsed tibbles to csv files.
+```
+fetch_all(create = TRUE)
+read_all() %>% repair() -> res
+write_to_csv(create = TRUE)
+```
+Now you can build the vignettes faster by using
+```
+devtools::install(build_vignettes = T)
+```
+This creates a `doc/` directory with all built vignettes.
 
 # Features
 
diff --git a/man/read_from_csv_or_fetch.Rd b/man/read_from_csv_or_fetch.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaeb93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/read_from_csv_or_fetch.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/parse.R
+\name{read_from_csv_or_fetch}
+\alias{read_from_csv_or_fetch}
+\title{Read records from csv or fetch}
+\usage{
+read_from_csv_or_fetch(path = "inst/")
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{path}{base directory where csv files are expected under path/csv
+and possibly records fetched and stored under path/records}
+}
+\description{
+Read records from csv or fetch
+}