diff --git a/R/expect-vector.R b/R/expect-vector.R
index a972ef43f..e62da16e8 100644
--- a/R/expect-vector.R
+++ b/R/expect-vector.R
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@
 #'   size-0 (empty) generalised vector.
 #' @param size (Optional) Size to check for.
 #' @export
-#' @examples
-#' if (requireNamespace("vctrs") && packageVersion("vctrs") > "0.1.0.9002") {
+#' @examplesIf requireNamespace("vctrs")
 #' expect_vector(1:10, ptype = integer(), size = 10)
 #' show_failure(expect_vector(1:10, ptype = integer(), size = 5))
 #' show_failure(expect_vector(1:10, ptype = character(), size = 5))
-#' }
 expect_vector <- function(object, ptype = NULL, size = NULL) {
+  check_installed("vctrs")
   act <- quasi_label(enquo(object), arg = "object")
 
   message <- NULL
diff --git a/man/expect_vector.Rd b/man/expect_vector.Rd
index 6f4b67fc0..cf44af85f 100644
--- a/man/expect_vector.Rd
+++ b/man/expect_vector.Rd
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ means that it used the vctrs of \code{ptype} (prototype) and \code{size}. See
 details in \url{https://vctrs.r-lib.org/articles/type-size.html}
 }
 \examples{
-if (requireNamespace("vctrs") && packageVersion("vctrs") > "0.1.0.9002") {
+\dontshow{if (requireNamespace("vctrs")) (if (getRversion() >= "3.4") withAutoprint else force)(\{ # examplesIf}
 expect_vector(1:10, ptype = integer(), size = 10)
 show_failure(expect_vector(1:10, ptype = integer(), size = 5))
 show_failure(expect_vector(1:10, ptype = character(), size = 5))
-}
+\dontshow{\}) # examplesIf}
 }