diff --git a/doc/source/tutorials/basic_usage.rst b/doc/source/tutorials/basic_usage.rst
index 2c45776b9..51be9dceb 100644
--- a/doc/source/tutorials/basic_usage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/tutorials/basic_usage.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ User knows best
 ---------------
 
 If you already know the secondary structure of your protein and don't want to worry about
-dssp calculating it correctly, the ``-ss`` flag can be used.
+dssp assigning it correctly, the ``-ss`` flag can be used instead.
 
 The ``-ss`` flag must be one of either:
 
@@ -63,12 +63,21 @@ The ``-ss`` flag must be one of either:
 
 For example:
 
-``martinize2 -f 181L_clean.pdb -o t4l_only.top -x t4l_cg.pdb -ss etcetc``
+``martinize2 -f protein.pdb -o topol.top -x cg_protein.pdb -ss HHHHHHHHHH``
 
-will use the ``etcetc`` dssp formatted string that the user provides to specify how the secondary structure is
-treated, which must contain the same number of characters as the residues you have in the protein.
+will read the ``HHHHHHHHHH`` dssp formatted string, indicating that there are exactly 10 residues in the
+input pdb which should all be treated as part of a helix. If the string provided does not contain the same
+number of residues as the input file, an error will be raised.
 
+Alternatively in this case, as we know everything should be a helix, the same result can be achieved through
+using a single letter as described above:
 
+``martinize2 -f protein.pdb -o topol.top -x cg_protein.pdb -ss H``
+
+If instead we needed to assert that only the first five residues are in a helix, and the final five are coiled,
+we must we the full length string again:
+
+``martinize2 -f protein.pdb -o topol.top -x cg_protein.pdb -ss HHHHHCCCCC``
 
 
 
diff --git a/doc/source/tutorials/elastic_networks.rst b/doc/source/tutorials/elastic_networks.rst
index 7922f3375..801003f43 100644
--- a/doc/source/tutorials/elastic_networks.rst
+++ b/doc/source/tutorials/elastic_networks.rst
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ Using decays
 The strength of the elastic bond can be tuned with distance using an exponential decay function,
 which uses the ``-ea`` and ``-ep`` flags as input parameters:
 
-.. math::
-  decay = e^{(- f * ((x - l) ^p))
+
+``decay = exp^{(- f * ((x - l) ^p)}``
 
 where:
 
-- ``l`` = lower bound  (-el)
-- ``f`` = decay factor (-ea)
-- ``p`` = decay power  (-ep)
+- ``l`` = lower bound  (``-el``)
+- ``f`` = decay factor (``-ea``)
+- ``p`` = decay power  (``-ep``)
 
 Combining parameters
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