diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown
index 091f738be6b2fa..518dae063c52b8 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/http.markdown
@@ -966,6 +966,8 @@ Example:
 
     http.get("http://www.google.com/index.html", function(res) {
       console.log("Got response: " + res.statusCode);
+      // consume response body
+      res.resume();
     }).on('error', function(e) {
       console.log("Got error: " + e.message);
     });