diff --git a/R/downlit-md.R b/R/downlit-md.R
index 29e96ea..e88b156 100644
--- a/R/downlit-md.R
+++ b/R/downlit-md.R
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #'   greater, otherwise "markdown_github".
 #' @return `downlit_md_path()` invisibly returns `output_path`;
 #'   `downlit_md_string()` returns a string containing markdown.
-#' @examples
+#' @examplesIf rlang::is_installed("rmarkdown")
 #' if (rmarkdown::pandoc_available("1.19")) {
 #' downlit_md_string("`base::t()`")
 #' downlit_md_string("`base::t`")
diff --git a/man/downlit_md_path.Rd b/man/downlit_md_path.Rd
index 867f166..fe1cec6 100644
--- a/man/downlit_md_path.Rd
+++ b/man/downlit_md_path.Rd
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ of a larger pipeline.
 Needs pandoc 1.19 or later.
 }
 \examples{
+\dontshow{if (rlang::is_installed("rmarkdown")) (if (getRversion() >= "3.4") withAutoprint else force)(\{ # examplesIf}
 if (rmarkdown::pandoc_available("1.19")) {
 downlit_md_string("`base::t()`")
 downlit_md_string("`base::t`")
@@ -40,4 +41,5 @@ downlit_md_string("* `base::t`")
 # But don't highlight in headings
 downlit_md_string("## `base::t`")
 }
+\dontshow{\}) # examplesIf}
 }