diff --git a/cmd/config.go b/cmd/config.go
index e5fe9d3..2844707 100644
--- a/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/config.go
@@ -18,18 +18,17 @@ const (
 	Usage         string = `This is ts, a timestamp tool.
 
 Usage: ts <time string> [<time string>]
--d --diff     Calculate difference between two timestamps (default).
--a --add      Add two timestamps (second parameter must be a time).
--f --format   For diffs: duration, hour, min, sec, msec.
-              For timestamps: datetime, rfc3339, date, time, unix, string.
+-d --diff     Calculate difference between two timestamps (default)
+-a --add      Add two timestamps (second parameter must be a time)
+-f --format   For diffs: duration, hour, min, sec, msec
+              For timestamps: datetime, rfc3339, date, time, unix, string
               string is a strftime(1) format string. datetime is
-              the default.
--u --unit    Add unit to the output of timestamp diffs.
-   --debug    Show debugging output.
--v --version  Show program version.
--h --help     Show this help screen.
--e --examples Show examples or supported inputs.
-`
+              the default
+-u --unit    Add unit to the output of timestamp diffs
+   --debug    Show debugging output
+-v --version  Show program version
+-h --help     Show this help screen
+-e --examples Show examples or supported inputs`
 
 	Examples string = `Example timestamp inputs:
 now                    10:25:30                             Last sunday at 5:30pm                 2 weeks ago
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index cf45412..05d1d0b 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ func Main(output io.Writer) int {
 	}
 
 	if conf.Examples {
-		fmt.Fprintln(output, Examples)
+		_, err := fmt.Fprintln(output, Examples)
+		if err != nil {
+			Die(err)
+		}
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/times.go b/cmd/times.go
index ebf9689..607fb7c 100644
--- a/cmd/times.go
+++ b/cmd/times.go
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@ func (tp *TimestampProccessor) Parse(timestamp string) (time.Time, error) {
 	}
 
 	// now failed, try module dateparse
-	ts, err = dateparse.ParseAny(timestamp)
-
-	return ts, nil
+	return dateparse.ParseAny(timestamp)
 }
 
 func (tp *TimestampProccessor) Calc(timestampA, timestampB string) error {