diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e595730..513d12b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # version 1.3
 
+* unit check coverage
 * R >= 3.6
 * bluegreen-labs migration
 
diff --git a/R/pr_dl_cmip5.r b/R/pr_dl_cmip5.r
index f07e47d..27a8a5f 100644
--- a/R/pr_dl_cmip5.r
+++ b/R/pr_dl_cmip5.r
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ pr_dl_cmip5 <- function(
   variable = c("tasmin","tasmax","pr")
   ){
 
+  # Provide feedback on scrapping the function
+  stop("This function has been deprecated and is replaced by instructions
+       in the vignette using the ecmwfr package!")
+
   # data file list, on amazon S3 server (which is a bit more stable
   # than the GDDP ftp server)
   files = utils::read.table(
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_formatting_functions.R b/tests/testthat/test_formatting_functions.R
index a48539a..567de20 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_formatting_functions.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_formatting_functions.R
@@ -77,4 +77,6 @@ test_that("test formatting functions",{
     mustWork = TRUE))
   expect_type(phenocam_data, "list")
 
+  # MODISTools formatting?
+
 })