diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fba004d..a10693d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,15 +95,27 @@ package main
 import (
   "fmt"
   "log"
+	"net/http"
 
   "github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery"
 )
 
 func ExampleScrape() {
-  doc, err := goquery.NewDocument("http://metalsucks.net")
-  if err != nil {
-    log.Fatal(err)
-  }
+	// Request the HTML page.
+	res, err := http.Get("http://metalsucks.net")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
+		log.Fatalf("status code error: %d %s", res.StatusCode, res.Status)
+	}
+
+	// Load the HTML document
+	doc, err := goquery.NewDocumentFromReader(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
   // Find the review items
   doc.Find(".sidebar-reviews article .content-block").Each(func(i int, s *goquery.Selection) {
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index 17b2354..ff1b0c7 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -3,14 +3,25 @@ package goquery_test
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery"
 )
 
 // This example scrapes the reviews shown on the home page of metalsucks.net.
 func Example() {
+	// Request the HTML page.
+	res, err := http.Get("http://metalsucks.net")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
+		log.Fatalf("status code error: %d %s", res.StatusCode, res.Status)
+	}
+
 	// Load the HTML document
-	doc, err := goquery.NewDocument("http://metalsucks.net")
+	doc, err := goquery.NewDocumentFromReader(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}