diff --git a/R/edit.R b/R/edit.R
index 669e039..09960cf 100644
--- a/R/edit.R
+++ b/R/edit.R
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 #' par(ask=FALSE)
 #' plot(raster)
 #'
-#' # Read bitmap arrays from from other image packages
-#' curl::curl_download("https://jeroen.github.io/images/example.webp", "example.webp")
+#' # Read bitmap arrays from other image packages
+#' download.file("https://jeroen.github.io/images/example.webp", "example.webp", mode = 'wb')
 #' if(require(webp)) image_read(webp::read_webp("example.webp"))
 #' unlink(c("example.webp", "output.png"))
 image_read <- function(path, density = NULL, depth = NULL, strip = FALSE, coalesce = TRUE, defines = NULL){
diff --git a/man/editing.Rd b/man/editing.Rd
index 443eb98..f2d82ad 100644
--- a/man/editing.Rd
+++ b/man/editing.Rd
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ raster <- as.raster(frink)
 par(ask=FALSE)
 plot(raster)
 
-# Read bitmap arrays from from other image packages
-curl::curl_download("https://jeroen.github.io/images/example.webp", "example.webp")
+# Read bitmap arrays from other image packages
+download.file("https://jeroen.github.io/images/example.webp", "example.webp", mode = 'wb')
 if(require(webp)) image_read(webp::read_webp("example.webp"))
 unlink(c("example.webp", "output.png"))
 if(require(rsvg)){