From 350228283592189a2f3a7f60c05ed482498594a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Eschbacher <andy.eschbacher@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 13:30:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] adds more description for timespan

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 doc/measures_functions.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/measures_functions.md b/doc/measures_functions.md
index 2403e1b..be7e9f8 100644
--- a/doc/measures_functions.md
+++ b/doc/measures_functions.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Name |Description
 geom_ref | a geometry reference (e.g., a US Census geoid)
 measure_id | a measure identifier from the Data Observatory ([see available measures](https://cartodb.github.io/bigmetadata/observatory.pdf))  
 boundary_id | source of geometries to pull measure from (e.g., 'us.census.tiger.census_tract')
-time_span (optional) | time span of interest (e.g., 2010 - 2014)
+time_span (optional) | time span of interest (e.g., 2010 - 2014). If `NULL` is passed, the measure from the most recent data will be used.
 
 #### Returns