diff --git a/man/neuprint_find_neurons.Rd b/man/neuprint_find_neurons.Rd
index 22c14e8f..9616eba6 100644
--- a/man/neuprint_find_neurons.Rd
+++ b/man/neuprint_find_neurons.Rd
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ pncands=neuprint_find_neurons(input_ROIs = "AL(R)", output_ROIs = "LH(R)")
 head(pncands)
 plot(`LH(R).pre`~`AL(R).post`, data=pncands)
 }
+\donttest{
+lhr=neuprint_bodies_in_ROI('LH(R)')
+head(lhr)
+}
 }
 \seealso{
 \code{\link{neuprint_fetch_custom}}, \code{\link{neuprint_simple_connectivity}}, \code{\link{neuprint_common_connectivity}}
diff --git a/man/neuprint_search.Rd b/man/neuprint_search.Rd
index 8d5b0048..ec9d1cb4 100644
--- a/man/neuprint_search.Rd
+++ b/man/neuprint_search.Rd
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 neuprint_search(
   search,
   field = "name",
+  fixed = FALSE,
   meta = TRUE,
   all_segments = FALSE,
   dataset = NULL,
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ neuprint_search(
 Defaults to name (or instance, as handled by \code{neuprintr:::neuprint_name_field}).
 Other common options include type, status, cellBodyFiber etc.}
 
+\item{fixed}{if FALSE (the default), \code{search} is interpreted as a regular expression
+("Advanced input" in neuprint explorer). If TRUE, the string \code{search} is interpreted as
+a simple character string (the default search behavior in neuprint explorer) to be matched
+(partial matches are fine)}
+
 \item{meta}{if TRUE, meta data for found bodyids is also pulled}
 
 \item{all_segments}{if TRUE, all bodies are considered, if FALSE, only
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ neuprint_search(".*DA2.*")
 neuprint_search("MBON.*")
 neuprint_search("MBON.*",field = "type")
 neuprint_search("AVF1",field = "cellBodyFiber")
+neuprint_search("PEN_a(PEN1)",field="type",fixed=TRUE)
 }
 }
 \seealso{