diff --git a/docs/signal-safe-tracing.md b/docs/signal-safe-tracing.md
index bb8e57a..950c257 100644
--- a/docs/signal-safe-tracing.md
+++ b/docs/signal-safe-tracing.md
@@ -223,9 +223,6 @@ int main() {
         std::size_t res = fread(&frame, sizeof(frame), 1, stdin);
         if(res == 0) {
             break;
-        } else if(res == -1) {
-            perror("Something went wrong while reading from the pipe");
-            break;
         } else if(res != 1) {
             std::cerr<<"Something went wrong while reading from the pipe"<<res<<" "<<std::endl;
             break;
diff --git a/test/signal_tracer.cpp b/test/signal_tracer.cpp
index b531f29..2b5e773 100644
--- a/test/signal_tracer.cpp
+++ b/test/signal_tracer.cpp
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ int main() {
         std::size_t res = fread(&frame, sizeof(frame), 1, stdin);
         if(res == 0) {
             break;
-        } else if(res == -1) {
-            perror("Oops");
-            break;
         //} else if(res != sizeof(frame)) {
         } else if(res != 1) {
             std::cerr<<"Oops, size mismatch "<<res<<" "<<sizeof(frame)<<std::endl;