diff --git a/R/whatNWISData.r b/R/whatNWISData.r
index 16d577eb47996c52ee2db9b1f04fcac9cdd3daea..0b69eb47d405af60b739c28c22a20581df3711a0 100644
--- a/R/whatNWISData.r
+++ b/R/whatNWISData.r
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #' Imports a table of available parameters, period of record, and count.
 #'
 #' @param siteNumber string USGS site number.
-#' @param type vector string. Options are "uv", "dv", "qw"
+#' @param service vector string. Options are "uv", "dv", "qw"
 #' @keywords data import USGS web service
 #' @return retval dataframe with all information found in the expanded site file
 #' @export
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #' @examples
 #' availableData <- whatNWISData('05114000')
 #' # To find just unit value ('instantaneous') data:
-#' uvData <- whatNWISData('05114000',type="uv")
-#' uvDataMulti <- whatNWISData(c('05114000','09423350'),type="uv")
-whatNWISData <- function(siteNumber,type=c("uv","dv","qw")){
+#' uvData <- whatNWISData('05114000',service="uv")
+#' uvDataMulti <- whatNWISData(c('05114000','09423350'),service="uv")
+whatNWISData <- function(siteNumber,service=c("uv","dv","qw")){
   
   siteNumber <- paste(siteNumber,collapse=",")
   
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ whatNWISData <- function(siteNumber,type=c("uv","dv","qw")){
     
     SiteFile <- SiteFile[-1,]
     
-    SiteFile <- with(SiteFile, data.frame(site_no=site_no, parameter_cd=parm_cd, statCd=stat_cd, startDate=begin_date,endDate=end_date, count=count_nu,service=data_type_cd,stringsAsFactors = FALSE))
+    SiteFile <- with(SiteFile, data.frame(site_no=site_no, 
+                                          parameter_cd=parm_cd, statCd=stat_cd, 
+                                          startDate=begin_date,endDate=end_date, 
+                                          count=count_nu,service=data_type_cd,
+                                          stringsAsFactors = FALSE))
     
     SiteFile <- SiteFile[!is.na(SiteFile$parameter_cd),]
     SiteFile <- SiteFile["" != SiteFile$parameter_cd,]
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ whatNWISData <- function(siteNumber,type=c("uv","dv","qw")){
     
     pcodeINFO <- parameterCdFile[parameterCdFile$parameter_cd %in% pCodes,]
     SiteFile <- merge(SiteFile,pcodeINFO,by="parameter_cd")
-    SiteFile <- SiteFile[SiteFile$service %in% type,]
+    SiteFile <- SiteFile[SiteFile$service %in% service,]
     return(SiteFile)
   } else {
     message(paste("URL caused an error:", urlSitefile))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8519ab4b324e9f27212f8a421959b73e53494e0..af5ca46b24ef037003fc7eda27208088ceb1417d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ Web service retrieval functions:
 |Function | Inputs | Description | 
 | -------------| -------------|:-------------|
 |`readNWISdata` | `...`, service | NWIS data using user-specified queries |
-|`readNWISdv` | `Common 4`, statCd | NWIS data with `Common 4` query |
+|`readNWISdv` | `Common 4`, statCd | NWIS daily data with `Common 4` query |
+|`readNWISqw` | `Common 4`, expanded | NWIS water quality data with `Common 4` query |
+|`readNWISunit` | `Common 4`, statCd | NWIS instantaneous data with `Common 4` query |
+|`readNWISpCode` | parameterCd | NWIS parameter code information |
+|`readNWISsite` | siteNumber | NWIS site information |
+|`whatNWISsites` | `...` | NWIS sites using user-specified queries |
+|`whatNWISdata` | siteNumber, service | NWIS data availability, including period of record and count |
+
 
 
 * `Common 4` = siteNumber, parameterCd, startDate, endDate
diff --git a/man/whatNWISData.Rd b/man/whatNWISData.Rd
index 374a2728e01615ec496a23127e34699b46c51a45..e159dd5b45e07a499ac5f5c3cf4663badcef62c2 100644
--- a/man/whatNWISData.Rd
+++ b/man/whatNWISData.Rd
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 \alias{whatNWISData}
 \title{USGS data availability}
 \usage{
-whatNWISData(siteNumber, type = c("uv", "dv", "qw"))
+whatNWISData(siteNumber, service = c("uv", "dv", "qw"))
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{siteNumber}{string USGS site number.}
 
-\item{type}{vector string. Options are "uv", "dv", "qw"}
+\item{service}{vector string. Options are "uv", "dv", "qw"}
 }
 \value{
 retval dataframe with all information found in the expanded site file
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Imports a table of available parameters, period of record, and count.
 \examples{
 availableData <- whatNWISData('05114000')
 # To find just unit value ('instantaneous') data:
-uvData <- whatNWISData('05114000',type="uv")
-uvDataMulti <- whatNWISData(c('05114000','09423350'),type="uv")
+uvData <- whatNWISData('05114000',service="uv")
+uvDataMulti <- whatNWISData(c('05114000','09423350'),service="uv")
 }
 \keyword{USGS}
 \keyword{data}