diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf6b9b9..57da224 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -338,13 +338,17 @@ terminal applications on Unix support ANSI styling out-of-the-box, on Windows
 you need to enable ANSI processing in your application first:
 
 ```go
-    mode, err := termenv.EnableWindowsANSIConsole()
+    restoreConsole, err := termenv.EnableVirtualTerminalProcessing(os.Stdout)
     if err != nil {
         panic(err)
     }
-    defer termenv.RestoreWindowsConsole(mode)
+    defer restoreConsole()
 ```
 
+The above code is safe to include on non-Windows systems or when os.Stdout does
+not refer to a terminal (e.g. in tests).
+
+
 ## Color Chart
 
 ![ANSI color chart](https://github.com/muesli/termenv/raw/master/examples/color-chart/color-chart.png)
diff --git a/examples/color-chart/main.go b/examples/color-chart/main.go
index 860dd2b..1ea232c 100644
--- a/examples/color-chart/main.go
+++ b/examples/color-chart/main.go
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	restoreConsole, err := termenv.EnableVirtualTerminalProcessing(termenv.DefaultOutput())
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer restoreConsole()
+
 	// Basic ANSI colors 0 - 15
 	fmt.Println(termenv.String("Basic ANSI colors").Bold())
 
diff --git a/examples/hello-world/main.go b/examples/hello-world/main.go
index 48633c8..eaab4ad 100644
--- a/examples/hello-world/main.go
+++ b/examples/hello-world/main.go
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	restoreConsole, err := termenv.EnableVirtualTerminalProcessing(termenv.DefaultOutput())
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer restoreConsole()
+
 	p := termenv.ColorProfile()
 
 	fmt.Printf("\n\t%s %s %s %s %s",