1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/httpcustomheader.c b/docs/examples/httpcustomheader.c
index 077df2164..5c013750f 100644
--- a/docs/examples/httpcustomheader.c
+++ b/docs/examples/httpcustomheader.c
@@ -38,10 +38,18 @@ int main(void)
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "localhost");
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    /* Check for errors */
+    if(res != CURLE_OK)
+      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+              curl_easy_strerror(res));
 
     /* redo request with our own custom Accept: */
     res = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, chunk);
     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    /* Check for errors */
+    if(res != CURLE_OK)
+      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+              curl_easy_strerror(res));
 
     /* always cleanup */
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);