diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index e85d6ee..de3954f 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^cran-comments\.md$
 ^\.travis\.yml$
+^examples/
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 108333e..1482f6d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 Package: extdplyr
 Type: Package
-Title: Data Manipulation Extension based on dplyr and tidyr
+Title: Data Manipulation Extension Based on 'Dplyr' and 'Tidyr'
 Version: 0.1.3
 Authors@R: person("Yuchen", "Wang", email = "ycwang0712@gmail.com",
     role = c("aut", "cre"))
-Description: If `dplyr` is a grammar for data manipulation, `extdplyr` is like
-    a short paragraph written in `dplyr`. `extdplyr` extends `dplyr` and
-    `tidyr` verbs to some common "routines" that manipulate data sets. It uses
-    the same interface and preserves all the features from `dplyr`, has good 
+Description: If 'dplyr' is a grammar for data manipulation, 'extdplyr' is like
+    a short paragraph written in 'dplyr'. 'extdplyr' extends 'dplyr' and
+    'tidyr' verbs to some common "routines" that manipulate data sets. It uses
+    the same interface and preserves all the features from 'dplyr', has good 
     performance, and supports various data sources.
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d010a18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# extdplyr 0.1.3
+
+* Added a `NEWS.md` file to track changes to the package.
+* Added 2 major data manipulation routines, `pct_routine` and `grp_routine`.
+* Lower level functions are provided to support the "routines", like `tally_pct` and `ind_to_char`.
+* Added utility function `check_missing`.
+* Provided NSE and SE versions for all of the exported functions.
+
+
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index c1e581b..ba8987a 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,14 +1,32 @@
 ## Test environments
 * local OS X install, R 3.3.2
 * ubuntu 12.04 (on travis-ci), R 3.3.2
-* win-builder (release)
+* win-builder (release and devel)
 
 ## R CMD check results
-There were no ERRORs or WARNINGs. 
+There were no ERRORs or WARNINGs.
 
-There was 1 NOTE:
+win-builder check has 1 note:
 
-  Non-standard file/directory found at top level:
-   ‘examples’
+```
+New submission
+```
 
-`examples/` are used to store long scripts used in documents.
+
+Fixed 2 notes in previous submission.
+
+```
+Possibly mis-spelled words in DESCRIPTION:
+   dplyr (3:45, 7:18, 8:35, 8:63, 10:61)
+   extdplyr (7:62, 8:44)
+   tidyr (3:55, 9:6)
+```
+
+Fixed description file for title case and single quotes. 
+
+```
+Non-standard file/directory found at top level:
+  'examples'
+```
+
+This is fixed by adding the folder to `.Rbuildignore`.
diff --git a/extdplyr.Rproj b/extdplyr.Rproj
index 57bf3f9..e4a061f 100644
--- a/extdplyr.Rproj
+++ b/extdplyr.Rproj
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ StripTrailingWhitespace: Yes
 BuildType: Package
 PackageUseDevtools: Yes
 PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source
+PackageCheckArgs: --as-cran
 PackageRoxygenize: rd,collate,namespace