diff --git a/examples/build.gradle.kts b/examples/build.gradle.kts
index 080087d..19960b1 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ plugins {
     application
 }
 
+// ./gradlew run runJava
+
 defaultTasks(ApplicationPlugin.TASK_RUN_NAME)
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/com/example/AkismetSample.java b/examples/src/main/java/com/example/AkismetSample.java
index fb8adf5..503f63a 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/com/example/AkismetSample.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/com/example/AkismetSample.java
@@ -34,13 +34,17 @@ public class AkismetSample {
                 final boolean hasBenSubmitted = akismet.submitSpam(comment);
                 if (hasBenSubmitted) {
                     System.out.println("The comment has been submitted as SPAM to Akismet");
+                } else {
+                    System.err.println(akismet.getErrorMessage());
                 }
             } else {
-                System.out.println("The comment is not SPAM (HAM) according to Akismet.");
+                System.out.println("The comment is not SPAM according to Akismet.");
 
                 final boolean hasBeenSubmitted = akismet.submitHam(comment);
                 if (hasBeenSubmitted) {
                     System.out.println("The comment has been submitted as HAM to Akismet");
+                } else {
+                    System.err.println(akismet.getErrorMessage());
                 }
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/examples/src/main/kotlin/com/example/AkismetExample.kt b/examples/src/main/kotlin/com/example/AkismetExample.kt
index 8acf680..099834a 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/kotlin/com/example/AkismetExample.kt
+++ b/examples/src/main/kotlin/com/example/AkismetExample.kt
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ fun main() {
     val akismet = Akismet("YOUR_API_KEY", "YOUR_BLOG_URL")
     val comment = AkismetComment(
         userIp = "127.0.0.1",
-        userAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6")
+        userAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6"
+    )
 
     comment.isTest = true
-    
+
     comment.referrer = "http://www.google.com"
     comment.permalink = "http://yourblogdomainname.com/blog/post=1"
     comment.type = AkismetComment.TYPE_COMMENT
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ fun main() {
 
             if (hasBeenSubmitted) {
                 println("The comment was successfully submitted as SPAM to Akismet.")
+            } else {
+                System.err.println(akismet.errorMessage)
             }
         } else {
             println("The comment is not SPAM (HAM) according to Akismet.")
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@ fun main() {
 
             if (hasBeenSubmitted) {
                 println("The comment was successfully submitted as HAM to Akismet.")
+            } else {
+                System.err.println(akismet.errorMessage)
             }
         }
     } else {