1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/pop3slist.c b/docs/examples/pop3slist.c
index 54cb28784..9d9668fa0 100644
--- a/docs/examples/pop3slist.c
+++ b/docs/examples/pop3slist.c
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ int main(void)
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
 #endif
 
+    /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
     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);