diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index e6cbe1b7..08a3c994 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Description: Client for many 'NOAA' data sources including the 'NCDC' climate
     for 'NOAA' sea ice data, the 'NOAA' severe weather inventory, 'NOAA' Historical
     Observing 'Metadata' Repository ('HOMR') data, 'NOAA' storm data via 'IBTrACS',
     tornado data via the 'NOAA' storm prediction center, and more.
-Version: 0.6.1.9140
+Version: 0.6.1.9143
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Authors@R: c(
diff --git a/R/isd.R b/R/isd.R
index 3a008217..5b721a50 100644
--- a/R/isd.R
+++ b/R/isd.R
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 #' takes a bunch of regex to split apart text strings. We hope to speed
 #' this process up in the future. See examples below for different behavior.
 #'
+#' @section Errors:
+#' Note that when you get an error similar to \code{Error: download failed for
+#' ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/noaa/1955/011490-99999-1955.gz}, the
+#' file does not exist on NOAA's ftp servers. If your internet is down,
+#' you'll get a different error.
+#'
 #' @examples \dontrun{
 #' # Get station table
 #' (stations <- isd_stations())
diff --git a/man/isd.Rd b/man/isd.Rd
index bad6c094..9b4c0e6c 100644
--- a/man/isd.Rd
+++ b/man/isd.Rd
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ processing can take quite a long time since the data is quite messy and
 takes a bunch of regex to split apart text strings. We hope to speed
 this process up in the future. See examples below for different behavior.
 }
+\section{Errors}{
+
+Note that when you get an error similar to \code{Error: download failed for
+ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/noaa/1955/011490-99999-1955.gz}, the
+file does not exist on NOAA's ftp servers. If your internet is down,
+you'll get a different error.
+}
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
 # Get station table