diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 619e23b..44e1f95 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export("%names%")
 export("%out%")
 export("%wi%")
 export("%wo%")
-export("%||%")
 export("%|||%")
 export(add)
 export(any_match)
@@ -53,3 +52,4 @@ export(subset3)
 export(subtract)
 export(verbose)
 export(wuffle)
+if (getRversion() < "4.4")  export("%||%")
diff --git a/man/if_null.Rd b/man/if_null.Rd
index b098038..b3872c6 100644
--- a/man/if_null.Rd
+++ b/man/if_null.Rd
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ Replace if \code{NULL} or not length
 \details{
 A mostly copy of \code{rlang}'s \verb{\%||\%} except does not use \code{rlang::is_null()},
 which, currently, calls the same primitive \link[base:NULL]{base::is.null} function.
+
+Note: \verb{\%||\%} is not exported in versions of \strong{R} < 4.4.
 }
 \examples{
-# replace NULL
+# replace NULL (for R < 4.4)
 NULL \%||\% 1L
 2L   \%||\% 1L
 
@@ -39,4 +41,5 @@ NULL     \%|||\% 1L
 
 # replace no length
 logical() \%len\% TRUE
+FALSE     \%len\% TRUE
 }