diff --git a/R/wilcoxon_test.R b/R/wilcoxon_test.R
index da00f9b7..e44a9049 100644
--- a/R/wilcoxon_test.R
+++ b/R/wilcoxon_test.R
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 #' data(mtcars)
 #' # one-sample test
 #' wilcoxon_test(mtcars, "mpg")
-#' # base R equivalent
-#' suppressWarnings(wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg ~ 1))
+#' # base R equivalent, we set exact = FALSE to avoid a warning
+#' wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg ~ 1, exact = FALSE)
 #'
 #' # paired test
 #' wilcoxon_test(mtcars, c("mpg", "hp"))
-#' # base R equivalent
-#' wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg, mtcars$hp, paired = TRUE)
+#' # base R equivalent, we set exact = FALSE to avoid a warning
+#' wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg, mtcars$hp, paired = TRUE, exact = FALSE)
 #'
 #' # when `by` is specified, each group must be of same length
 #' data(iris)
diff --git a/man/wilcoxon_test.Rd b/man/wilcoxon_test.Rd
index dacf41d7..7c9cc925 100644
--- a/man/wilcoxon_test.Rd
+++ b/man/wilcoxon_test.Rd
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ normally distributed variables, the \code{t_test()} function can be used (with
 data(mtcars)
 # one-sample test
 wilcoxon_test(mtcars, "mpg")
-# base R equivalent
-suppressWarnings(wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg ~ 1))
+# base R equivalent, we set exact = FALSE to avoid a warning
+wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg ~ 1, exact = FALSE)
 
 # paired test
 wilcoxon_test(mtcars, c("mpg", "hp"))
-# base R equivalent
-wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg, mtcars$hp, paired = TRUE)
+# base R equivalent, we set exact = FALSE to avoid a warning
+wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg, mtcars$hp, paired = TRUE, exact = FALSE)
 
 # when `by` is specified, each group must be of same length
 data(iris)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-wilcoxon_test.R b/tests/testthat/test-wilcoxon_test.R
index f3cdee67..2ccfe81a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-wilcoxon_test.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-wilcoxon_test.R
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ skip_if_not_installed("coin")
 test_that("wilcoxon_test", {
   data(mtcars)
   out1 <- wilcoxon_test(mtcars, "mpg")
-  out2 <- suppressWarnings(wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg ~ 1))
+  out2 <- wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg ~ 1, exact = FALSE)
   expect_equal(out1$v, out2$statistic, tolerance = 1e-4, ignore_attr = TRUE)
   expect_equal(out1$p, out2$p.value, tolerance = 1e-4, ignore_attr = TRUE)
   expect_snapshot(print(out1))
 
   out1 <- wilcoxon_test(mtcars, c("mpg", "hp"))
-  out2 <- suppressWarnings(wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg, mtcars$hp, paired = TRUE))
+  out2 <- wilcox.test(mtcars$mpg, mtcars$hp, paired = TRUE, exact = FALSE)
   expect_equal(out1$v, out2$statistic, tolerance = 1e-4, ignore_attr = TRUE)
   expect_equal(out1$p, out2$p.value, tolerance = 1e-4, ignore_attr = TRUE)
   expect_snapshot(print(out1))