diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 16054385..506e23fb 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: AMR
-Version: 2.0.0.9003
-Date: 2023-03-16
+Version: 2.0.0.9004
+Date: 2023-03-20
 Title: Antimicrobial Resistance Data Analysis
 Description: Functions to simplify and standardise antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
   data analysis and to work with microbial and antimicrobial properties by
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ddd8ef7a..d6d049cd 100755
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# AMR 2.0.0.9003
+# AMR 2.0.0.9004
 
 ## Changed
 * formatting fix for `sir_interpretation_history()`
diff --git a/R/antibiogram.R b/R/antibiogram.R
index f8911de4..4cac33c1 100755
--- a/R/antibiogram.R
+++ b/R/antibiogram.R
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 #' # in an Rmd file, you would just need to return `ureido` in a chunk,
 #' # but to be explicit here:
 #' if (requireNamespace("knitr")) {
-#'   knitr::knit_print(ureido)
+#'   cat(knitr::knit_print(ureido))
 #' }
 #'
 #'
diff --git a/R/italicise_taxonomy.R b/R/italicise_taxonomy.R
index 30f584a5..5acb8d73 100755
--- a/R/italicise_taxonomy.R
+++ b/R/italicise_taxonomy.R
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ italicise_taxonomy <- function(string, type = c("markdown", "ansi")) {
     before <- "*"
     after <- "*"
   } else if (type == "ansi") {
-    if (!has_colour()) {
+    if (!has_colour() && !identical(Sys.getenv("IN_PKGDOWN"), "true")) {
       return(string)
     }
     before <- "\033[3m"
diff --git a/man/antibiogram.Rd b/man/antibiogram.Rd
index 7f97e1ba..c255e9f7 100644
--- a/man/antibiogram.Rd
+++ b/man/antibiogram.Rd
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ ureido <- antibiogram(example_isolates,
 # in an Rmd file, you would just need to return `ureido` in a chunk,
 # but to be explicit here:
 if (requireNamespace("knitr")) {
-  knitr::knit_print(ureido)
+  cat(knitr::knit_print(ureido))
 }