From cd0e2d45b41e0ab15996043d375c5ef3f3482339 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laura DeCicco <ldecicco@usgs.gov>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 13:52:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] still deprecated

---
 R/readNWISunit.R | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/R/readNWISunit.R b/R/readNWISunit.R
index 0478f0b0..42ef26bc 100644
--- a/R/readNWISunit.R
+++ b/R/readNWISunit.R
@@ -454,17 +454,17 @@ readNWISstat <- function(
 #' County and state fields will be included as appropriate.
 #'
 #' @export
-readNWISuse <- function(stateCd,
-                        countyCd,
-                        years = "ALL",
-                        categories = "ALL",
-                        convertType = TRUE,
-                        transform = FALSE) {
-
-  .Deprecated(new = "read_waterdata_use",
-              package = "dataRetrieval", 
-              msg = "NWIS servers for water use have been decommission. New functions are being developed.")
+readNWISuse <- function(
+  stateCd,
+  countyCd,
+  years = "ALL",
+  categories = "ALL",
+  convertType = TRUE,
+  transform = FALSE
+) {
+  .Deprecated(
+    package = "dataRetrieval",
+    msg = "NWIS servers for water use have been decommission. New functions are being developed."
+  )
   return(NULL)
-
-
 }

From cb9b6ad09b782325ae124297c7fc8eb003153dcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laura DeCicco <ldecicco@usgs.gov>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 08:28:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] cleanup message

---
 R/get_monitoring_location_arguments.R    | 9 ++++-----
 man/get_monitoring_location_arguments.Rd | 9 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/R/get_monitoring_location_arguments.R b/R/get_monitoring_location_arguments.R
index 1167477d..57103f7e 100644
--- a/R/get_monitoring_location_arguments.R
+++ b/R/get_monitoring_location_arguments.R
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 #' Get Monitoring Location Arguments
 #'
 #' Many read_waterdata functions have a long list of arguments that can be used
-#' to find sites that have data. Users can use this function to create a list
-#' of possible arguments that can be used as input to the `get_monitoring_location_arguments`
-#' argument (found in many of the read_waterdata functions). This function
-#' also is used to check that user supplied available parameters to their queries
-#' when using the `get_monitoring_location_arguments` argument.
+#' to find sites that have data. Users can use this function as a reference
+#' of possible arguments that can be used as input.
+#' Additionally, this function is also used by other functions to check that
+#' the user supplied parameters are available to their queries
 #'
 #' @param service Endpoint to check arguments against. Possible values are
 #' "daily", "latest-continuous", "field-measurements", "latest-daily",
diff --git a/man/get_monitoring_location_arguments.Rd b/man/get_monitoring_location_arguments.Rd
index d13f5456..57a146af 100644
--- a/man/get_monitoring_location_arguments.Rd
+++ b/man/get_monitoring_location_arguments.Rd
@@ -144,11 +144,10 @@ making sure your calls are accepted by the service, set to \code{TRUE}.}
 }
 \description{
 Many read_waterdata functions have a long list of arguments that can be used
-to find sites that have data. Users can use this function to create a list
-of possible arguments that can be used as input to the \code{monitoring_location_arguments}
-argument (found in many of the read_waterdata functions). This function
-also is used to check that user supplied available parameters to their queries
-when using the \code{monitoring_location_arguments} argument.
+to find sites that have data. Users can use this function as a reference
+of possible arguments that can be used as input.
+Additionally, this function is also used by other functions to check that
+the user supplied parameters are available to their queries
 }
 \examples{