diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index cb86b9c..3d3ae1e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@ pub fn agent() -> Agent {
 /// Make a request setting the HTTP method via a string.
 ///
 /// ```
-/// ureq::request("GET", "http://example.com").call().unwrap();
+/// # fn main() -> Result<(), ureq::Error> {
+/// # ureq::is_test(true);
+/// ureq::request("GET", "http://example.com").call()?;
+/// # Ok(())
+/// # }
 /// ```
 pub fn request(method: &str, path: &str) -> Request {
     agent().request(method, path)
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index 260b420..02482ac 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -60,16 +60,10 @@ impl Request {
 
     /// Executes the request and blocks the caller until done.
     ///
-    /// Use `.timeout_connect()` and `.timeout_read()` to avoid blocking forever.
-    ///
     /// ```
-    /// use std::time::Duration;
     /// # fn main() -> Result<(), ureq::Error> {
     /// # ureq::is_test(true);
-    /// let resp = ureq::builder()
-    ///     .timeout_connect(Duration::from_secs(10))
-    ///     .build()
-    ///     .get("http://example.com/")
+    /// let resp = ureq::get("http://example.com/")
     ///     .call()?;
     /// # Ok(())
     /// # }