diff --git a/R/parse.R b/R/parse.R
index 8ab01be..553ef51 100644
--- a/R/parse.R
+++ b/R/parse.R
@@ -272,6 +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
+#' 
 #' @export
 read_from_csv_or_fetch <- function(path="inst/") {
     path <- make_directory_path(path)