diff --git a/R/EQ_DomainValues.R b/R/EQ_DomainValues.R
index 8f8f762..6649fe6 100644
--- a/R/EQ_DomainValues.R
+++ b/R/EQ_DomainValues.R
@@ -1,13 +1,55 @@
 #' Provides allowable values for a param by leveraging ATTAINS web services.
 #'
-#' @param domain Character string. Running this function without entering a value for domain
-#' will return a list of all allowable domain values.
+#' @param domain Character string. Running this function without entering a value
+#' for domain will return a list of all allowable domain values. Not all params
+#' in rExpertQuery are limited to a set list of allowable domain values (ex: date
+#' params).
 #'
-#' @return A df allowable values for the selected domain if a domain is provided. If no
-#' domain is provided, the function returns a list of domains.
+#' The rExpertQuery params that will return a list of ATTAINS allowable
+#' domain values are: act_agency (Action Agency), act_status (Action Status),
+#' act_type (Action Type), ad_param (Addressed Parameter), addressed parameter
+#' group (Addressed Parameter Group), assess_basis (Assessment Basis), assess_methods
+#' (Assessment Method), assess_types (Assessment Type), au_status (Assessment Unit
+#' Status Indicator), cause (Cause Name), delist_reason (Delisting Reason), doc_type,
+#' (Action Document Type), file_type (Action Document File Type), locat_type
+#' (Location Type), org_id (Organization Identifier), org_name (Organization Name),
+#' param_attain (Parameter Attainment), param_group (Parameter Group), param_name
+#' (Parameter Name), param_state_ir_code (Parameter State Integrated Report Code),
+#' param_status (Parameter Status), source_scale (Source Scale), source_type (Source
+#' Type), statecode (State), use_name (Use Name), use_support (Use Support), and
+#' water_type (Water Type).
+#'
+#' Default is NULL. When param = NULL, the df returned will list all domains for
+#' which an allowable list of values can be returned from ATTAINS web services.
+#' The "eq_param" column returns the names of the params as used in rExpertQuery
+#' functions. Any of these can be used as values in the "domain" param in
+#' EQ_DomainValues.
+#'
+#' @return If a domain value is provided, a df of allowable values for the
+#' selected domain from the ATTAINS web services is returned. A printed message
+#' describes which column contains the values which should be used in rExpertQuery
+#' functions (typically "name" or "code"). If no domain is provided, the function
+#' returns a df displaying the rExpertQuery params and the corresponding name
+#' (attains_ws_name) and field (attains_ws_field) in the ATTAINS web services.
 #'
 #' @export
 #'
+#' @examples
+#'  \dontrun{
+#'
+#' # Get all rExpertQuery params that can be used as inputs for EQ_DomainValues
+#' all_rEQ_params <- EQ_DomainValues()
+#'
+#' # Get all allowable values for the rExpertQuery param "water_type"
+#  # Allowable values are contained in the "name" column of the output df
+#' all_water_types <- EQ_DomainValues("water_type")
+#'
+#' # Get all allowable values for the rExpertQuery param "use_name" and filter
+#' # for those used by Oregon DEQ
+#' ORDEQ_use_names <- EQ_DomainValues("use_name") |>
+#' dplyr::filter(context == "OREGONDEQ")
+#'               }
+#'
 #' @importFrom rlang .data
 #'
 EQ_DomainValues <- function(domain = NULL) {
@@ -22,7 +64,7 @@ EQ_DomainValues <- function(domain = NULL) {
   # return list of all allowable domain values if no domain value is supplied
   if (is.null(domain)) {
     print(paste0(
-      "EQ_DomainValues: getting list of available domain names."
+      "EQ_DomainValues: getting list of available domain names. Values in the eq_param column can be used as inputs in EQ_DomainValues."
     ))
 
     raw.data <- jsonlite::fromJSON(base.url) |>
@@ -32,9 +74,9 @@ EQ_DomainValues <- function(domain = NULL) {
     eq.params <- raw.data |>
       dplyr::left_join(param.cw, by = dplyr::join_by('attains_ws_name')) |>
       dplyr::filter(!is.na(.data[['eq_name']])) |>
-      dplyr::select(.data[['param']]) |>
-      dplyr::rename(domain = .data[['param']]) |>
-      dplyr::arrange()
+      dplyr::select(param, attains_ws_name, attains_ws_field) |>
+      dplyr::rename(eq_param = param) |>
+      dplyr::arrange(eq_param)
 
     rm(base.url, raw.data)
 
@@ -72,8 +114,8 @@ EQ_DomainValues <- function(domain = NULL) {
       raw.data <- jsonlite::fromJSON(paste0(base.url, "?domainName=", param.filter[['attains_ws_name']]))
 
       print(paste0(
-        "EQ_DomainValues: For ", domain, " the values in the ",
-        param.filter[['attains_ws_field']], " column of the function output are the ",
+        "EQ_DomainValues: For ", domain, " the values in the '",
+        param.filter[['attains_ws_field']], "' column of the function output are the ",
         "allowable values for rExpert Query functions."
       ))
 
diff --git a/man/EQ_DomainValues.Rd b/man/EQ_DomainValues.Rd
index aed70c7..134dc5c 100644
--- a/man/EQ_DomainValues.Rd
+++ b/man/EQ_DomainValues.Rd
@@ -7,13 +7,55 @@
 EQ_DomainValues(domain = NULL)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{domain}{Character string. Running this function without entering a value for domain
-will return a list of all allowable domain values.}
+\item{domain}{Character string. Running this function without entering a value
+for domain will return a list of all allowable domain values. Not all params
+in rExpertQuery are limited to a set list of allowable domain values (ex: date
+params).
+
+The rExpertQuery params that will return a list of ATTAINS allowable
+domain values are: act_agency (Action Agency), act_status (Action Status),
+act_type (Action Type), ad_param (Addressed Parameter), addressed parameter
+group (Addressed Parameter Group), assess_basis (Assessment Basis), assess_methods
+(Assessment Method), assess_types (Assessment Type), au_status (Assessment Unit
+Status Indicator), cause (Cause Name), delist_reason (Delisting Reason), doc_type,
+(Action Document Type), file_type (Action Document File Type), locat_type
+(Location Type), org_id (Organization Identifier), org_name (Organization Name),
+param_attain (Parameter Attainment), param_group (Parameter Group), param_name
+(Parameter Name), param_state_ir_code (Parameter State Integrated Report Code),
+param_status (Parameter Status), source_scale (Source Scale), source_type (Source
+Type), statecode (State), use_name (Use Name), use_support (Use Support), and
+water_type (Water Type).
+
+Default is NULL. When param = NULL, the df returned will list all domains for
+which an allowable list of values can be returned from ATTAINS web services.
+The "eq_param" column returns the names of the params as used in rExpertQuery
+functions. Any of these can be used as values in the "domain" param in
+EQ_DomainValues.}
 }
 \value{
-A df allowable values for the selected domain if a domain is provided. If no
-domain is provided, the function returns a list of domains.
+If a domain value is provided, a df of allowable values for the
+selected domain from the ATTAINS web services is returned. A printed message
+describes which column contains the values which should be used in rExpertQuery
+functions (typically "name" or "code"). If no domain is provided, the function
+returns a df displaying the rExpertQuery params and the corresponding name
+(attains_ws_name) and field (attains_ws_field) in the ATTAINS web services.
 }
 \description{
 Provides allowable values for a param by leveraging ATTAINS web services.
 }
+\examples{
+ \dontrun{
+
+# Get all rExpertQuery params that can be used as inputs for EQ_DomainValues
+all_rEQ_params <- EQ_DomainValues()
+
+# Get all allowable values for the rExpertQuery param "water_type"
+all_water_types <- EQ_DomainValues("water_type")
+
+# Get all allowable values for the rExpertQuery param "use_name" and filter
+# for those used by Oregon DEQ
+ORDEQ_use_names <- EQ_DomainValues("use_name") |>
+dplyr::filter(context == "OREGONDEQ")
+              }
+
+}