diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index cc05d6b..4d860c2 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ export(really_pretty)
 importFrom(english,as.english)
 importFrom(stringr,str_detect)
 importFrom(stringr,str_to_title)
+importFrom(stringr,str_trim)
diff --git a/R/give_candygrams.R b/R/give_candygrams.R
index 8d71397..1ed134c 100644
--- a/R/give_candygrams.R
+++ b/R/give_candygrams.R
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #'
 #' @return A candy gram announcement
 #'
-#' @importFrom stringr str_detect str_to_title
+#' @importFrom stringr str_detect str_to_title str_trim
 #' @importFrom english as.english
 #'
 #' @export
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ give_candygrams <- function(person, number,
   number <- str_to_title(as.english(number))
 
 
-  glue::glue("{number} for {person}.")
+  glue::glue("{number} for {person}. {extra_message}") |>
+    str_trim(side = "right")
 
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 876c029..e047dbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ number of candygrams a person gets.
 
 ``` r
 give_candygrams("Taylor Zimmerman", 2)
-#> Two for Taylor Zimmerman.
+#> [1] "Two for Taylor Zimmerman."
 ```
 
 ### Extra comments
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ You can also give extra commentary to your announcement:
 ``` r
 give_candygrams("Taylor Zimmerman", 2, 
                 extra_message = "Merry Christmas!")
-#> Two for Taylor Zimmerman.
+#> [1] "Two for Taylor Zimmerman. Merry Christmas!"
 ```
 
 Some special cases trigger automatic extra commentary or special
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ behavior:
 
 ``` r
 give_candygrams("Glen Coco", 4)
-#> Four for Glen Coco.
+#> [1] "Four for Glen Coco. You go, Glen Coco!"
 ```
 
 ``` r
 give_candygrams("Gretchen Weiners", 4)
-#> [1] "None for Grethen Weiners."
+#> None for Gretchen Weiners.
 ```