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diff --git a/docs/examples/fopen.c b/docs/examples/fopen.c
index a2e6fc94a..de235bbc4 100644
--- a/docs/examples/fopen.c
+++ b/docs/examples/fopen.c
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ fill_buffer(URL_FILE *file,int want,int waittime)
/* get file descriptors from the transfers */
curl_multi_fdset(multi_handle, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &maxfd);
+ /* In a real-world program you OF COURSE check the return code of the
+ function calls, *and* you make sure that maxfd is bigger than -1
+ so that the call to select() below makes sense! */
+
rc = select(maxfd+1, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &timeout);
switch(rc) {