1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/simple.c b/docs/examples/simple.c
index 55877f8b2..cb23b7ae3 100644
--- a/docs/examples/simple.c
+++ b/docs/examples/simple.c
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ int main(void)
   curl = curl_easy_init();
   if(curl) {
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
+
+    /* 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);