diff --git a/R/standardize.R b/R/standardize.R
index 726623e7c..0c88722b6 100644
--- a/R/standardize.R
+++ b/R/standardize.R
@@ -205,15 +205,9 @@ standardize.matrix <- function(x, ...) {
   x_out <- do.call(cbind, xz)
   dimnames(x_out) <- dimnames(x)
 
-  attr(x_out, "center") <- vapply(xz, function(x) {
-    attr(x, "center")
-  }, FUN.VALUE = numeric(1L))
-  attr(x_out, "scale") <- vapply(xz, function(x) {
-    attr(x, "scale")
-  }, FUN.VALUE = numeric(1L))
-  attr(x_out, "robust") <- vapply(xz, function(x) {
-    attr(x, "robust")
-  }, FUN.VALUE = logical(1L))[1]
+  attr(x_out, "center") <- vapply(xz, attr, "center", FUN.VALUE = numeric(1L))
+  attr(x_out, "scale") <- vapply(xz, attr, "scale", FUN.VALUE = numeric(1L))
+  attr(x_out, "robust") <- vapply(xz, attr, "robust", FUN.VALUE = logical(1L))[1]
   class(x_out) <- c("dw_transformer", class(x_out))
 
   x_out
diff --git a/man/describe_distribution.Rd b/man/describe_distribution.Rd
index fd229567d..a23069eea 100644
--- a/man/describe_distribution.Rd
+++ b/man/describe_distribution.Rd
@@ -50,14 +50,9 @@ describe_distribution(x, ...)
 
 \item{...}{Additional arguments to be passed to or from methods.}
 
-\item{centrality}{The point-estimates (centrality indices) to compute. Character
-(vector) or list with one or more of these options: \code{"median"}, \code{"mean"}, \code{"MAP"}
-(see \code{\link[bayestestR:map_estimate]{map_estimate()}}), \code{"trimmed"} (which is just \code{mean(x, trim = threshold)}),
-\code{"mode"} or \code{"all"}.}
+\item{centrality}{The point-estimates (centrality indices) to compute.  Character (vector) or list with one or more of these options: \code{"median"}, \code{"mean"}, \code{"MAP"} or \code{"all"}.}
 
-\item{dispersion}{Logical, if \code{TRUE}, computes indices of dispersion related
-to the estimate(s) (\code{SD} and \code{MAD} for \code{mean} and \code{median}, respectively).
-Dispersion is not available for \code{"MAP"} or \code{"mode"} centrality indices.}
+\item{dispersion}{Logical, if \code{TRUE}, computes indices of dispersion related to the estimate(s) (\code{SD} and \code{MAD} for \code{mean} and \code{median}, respectively).}
 
 \item{iqr}{Logical, if \code{TRUE}, the interquartile range is calculated
 (based on \code{\link[stats:IQR]{stats::IQR()}}, using \code{type = 6}).}
@@ -76,9 +71,7 @@ the first centrality index (which is typically the median).}
 \item{iterations}{The number of bootstrap replicates for computing confidence
 intervals. Only applies when \code{ci} is not \code{NULL}.}
 
-\item{threshold}{For \code{centrality = "trimmed"} (i.e. trimmed mean), indicates
-the fraction (0 to 0.5) of observations to be trimmed from each end of the
-vector before the mean is computed.}
+\item{threshold}{For \code{centrality = "trimmed"} (i.e. trimmed mean), indicates the fraction (0 to 0.5) of observations to be trimmed from each end of the vector before the mean is computed.}
 
 \item{verbose}{Toggle warnings and messages.}
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/means_by_group.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/means_by_group.md
index 78a43d8b4..e49faebc3 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/means_by_group.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/means_by_group.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# meany_by_group
+# mean_by_group
 
     Code
       means_by_group(efc, "c12hour", "e42dep")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/windows/means_by_group.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/windows/means_by_group.md
index 198069da9..6f80d7e25 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/windows/means_by_group.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/windows/means_by_group.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# meany_by_group, weighted
+# mean_by_group, weighted
 
     Code
       means_by_group(efc, "c12hour", "e42dep", weights = "weight")