diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e47dd6c49..c1a201e86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ Request is designed to be the simplest way possible to make http calls. It suppo
 ```js
 var request = require('request');
 request('http://www.google.com', function (error, response, body) {
-  if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
-    console.log(body) // Show the HTML for the Google homepage.
-  }
-})
+  console.log('error:', error); // Print the error if one occurred
+  console.log('statusCode:', response && response.statusCode); // Print the response status code if a response was received
+  console.log('body:', body); // Print the HTML for the Google homepage.
+});
 ```