diff --git a/docs/signing.md b/docs/signing.md
index 404545f..110dfe6 100644
--- a/docs/signing.md
+++ b/docs/signing.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This document will walk you through using `sigstore-go` to generate a Sigstore b
 Clone this repository and run the following command:
 
 ```shell
-$ make examples
+$ make build-examples
 $ go install ./examples/sigstore-go-signing
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/verification.md b/docs/verification.md
index b0b16c4..3858db8 100644
--- a/docs/verification.md
+++ b/docs/verification.md
@@ -63,12 +63,8 @@ Going through this step-by-step, we'll start by loading the trusted root from th
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	trustedrootJSON, err := client.GetTarget("trusted_root.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
 
-	trustedMaterial, err := root.NewTrustedRootFromJSON(trustedrootJSON)
+	trustedMaterial, err := root.GetTrustedRoot(client)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -201,12 +197,8 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	trustedrootJSON, err := client.GetTarget("trusted_root.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
 
-	trustedMaterial, err := root.NewTrustedRootFromJSON(trustedrootJSON)
+	trustedMaterial, err := root.GetTrustedRoot(client)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/verify/signed_entity.go b/pkg/verify/signed_entity.go
index 857596d..918bf54 100644
--- a/pkg/verify/signed_entity.go
+++ b/pkg/verify/signed_entity.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func WithCurrentTime() VerifierOption {
 func (c *VerifierConfig) Validate() error {
 	if !c.requireObserverTimestamps && !c.requireSignedTimestamps && !c.requireIntegratedTimestamps && !c.useCurrentTime {
 		return errors.New("when initializing a new SignedEntityVerifier, you must specify at least one of " +
-			"WithObserverTimestamps(), WithSignedTimestamps(), WithIntegratedTimestamps(), or WithoutAnyObserverTimestampsUnsafe()")
+			"WithObserverTimestamps(), WithSignedTimestamps(), or WithIntegratedTimestamps()")
 	}
 
 	return nil