diff --git a/man/mortalityTables.list.Rd b/man/mortalityTables.list.Rd
index 773165c4a75e5e92ddec195445685e77f01afdcb..a8c18d8c93083043f94ade27ddce1e6bbfc199b3 100644
--- a/man/mortalityTables.list.Rd
+++ b/man/mortalityTables.list.Rd
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 \title{List all available sets of life tables provided by the \link[MortalityTables]{MortalityTables-package} package
 An existing life table can then be loaded with \link{mortalityTables.load}.}
 \usage{
-mortalityTables.list(pattern = "*")
+mortalityTables.list(pattern = "*", package = "MortalityTables")
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{pattern}{Restrict the results only to life table sets that match the pattern (default: "*" to show all sets)}
+
+\item{package}{The package that contains the desired dataset in its \code{extdata/}
+directory. Defaults to the "MortalityTables" package.}
 }
 \description{
 List all available sets of life tables provided by the \link[MortalityTables]{MortalityTables-package} package
diff --git a/man/mortalityTables.load.Rd b/man/mortalityTables.load.Rd
index 3117708e775f4ffcb369969e21bfc64d8d446976..26b13d85380e6a09e44b76a7f86e666b214d18a1 100644
--- a/man/mortalityTables.load.Rd
+++ b/man/mortalityTables.load.Rd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \alias{mortalityTables.load}
 \title{Load a named set of mortality tables provided by the \link{MortalityTables} package}
 \usage{
-mortalityTables.load(dataset, wildcard = FALSE)
+mortalityTables.load(dataset, wildcard = FALSE, package = "MortalityTables")
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{dataset}{The set of life tables to be loaded. A list of all available
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ data sets is provided by the function \code{\link{mortalityTables.list}}.}
 
 \item{wildcard}{Whether the dataset name contains wildcard. If TRUE, all
 datasets matching the pattern will be loaded}
+
+\item{package}{The package that contains the dataset in its \code{extdata/}
+directory. Defaults to the "MortalityTables" package.}
 }
 \description{
 Load a named set of mortality tables provided by the \link{MortalityTables} package