diff --git a/R/create_LDprofile.R b/R/create_LDprofile.R
index 31e5a760e28edfa8200d6db0642d936559009e67..7fbc4f3c2fd2c0b1061d96fe29bb31850471c5c4 100644
--- a/R/create_LDprofile.R
+++ b/R/create_LDprofile.R
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 #' data(snps)
 #' ## Create an LD profile using this data
 #' create_LDprofile(snps$distances,as.matrix(snps[,3:12]),0.001)
+#' ## To get the Beta distribution parameter estimates, the fitdistrplus package is required
+#' if (requireNamespace("fitdistrplus", quietly = TRUE)==TRUE) {
+#'   create_LDprofile(snps$distances,as.matrix(snps[,3:12]),0.001,beta_params=TRUE)
+#' }
+#'
 #'
 #' @export
 #' @seealso \code{\link{Zalpha_expected}} \code{\link{Zalpha_rsq_over_expected}} \code{\link{Zalpha_log_rsq_over_expected}} \code{\link{Zalpha_Zscore}} \code{\link{Zalpha_BetaCDF}} \code{\link{Zbeta_expected}} \code{\link{Zbeta_rsq_over_expected}} \code{\link{Zbeta_log_rsq_over_expected}} \code{\link{Zbeta_Zscore}} \code{\link{Zbeta_BetaCDF}} \code{\link{Zalpha_all}}
diff --git a/man/create_LDprofile.Rd b/man/create_LDprofile.Rd
index 95c51f28f1278f70c9bb35b517b0123de0ecda60..30a62b8904dfe9207a2f717adf48b338d6f56077 100644
--- a/man/create_LDprofile.Rd
+++ b/man/create_LDprofile.Rd
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ By default, Beta parameters are not calculated. To calcualte Beta parameters, ne
 data(snps)
 ## Create an LD profile using this data
 create_LDprofile(snps$distances,as.matrix(snps[,3:12]),0.001)
+## To get the Beta distribution parameter estimates, the fitdistrplus package is required
+if (requireNamespace("fitdistrplus", quietly = TRUE)==TRUE) {
+  create_LDprofile(snps$distances,as.matrix(snps[,3:12]),0.001,beta_params=TRUE)
+}
+
 
 }
 \references{