diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/contains__json_pointer.cpp b/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/contains__json_pointer.cpp
index 14d8514b4..985ad9ec5 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/contains__json_pointer.cpp
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/contains__json_pointer.cpp
@@ -19,25 +19,9 @@ int main()
               << j.contains("/array/1"_json_pointer) << '\n'
               << j.contains("/array/-"_json_pointer) << '\n'
               << j.contains("/array/4"_json_pointer) << '\n'
-              << j.contains("/baz"_json_pointer) << std::endl;
-
-    try
-    {
-        // try to use an array index with leading '0'
-        j.contains("/array/01"_json_pointer);
-    }
-    catch (const json::parse_error& e)
-    {
-        std::cout << e.what() << '\n';
-    }
-
-    try
-    {
-        // try to use an array index that is not a number
-        j.contains("/array/one"_json_pointer);
-    }
-    catch (const json::parse_error& e)
-    {
-        std::cout << e.what() << '\n';
-    }
+              << j.contains("/baz"_json_pointer) << '\n'
+              // an array index with a leading '0' is not found
+              << j.contains("/array/01"_json_pointer) << '\n'
+              // an array index that is not a number is not found
+              << j.contains("/array/one"_json_pointer) << std::endl;
 }
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/contains__json_pointer.output b/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/contains__json_pointer.output
index dd1eb38c1..b989a7c30 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/contains__json_pointer.output
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/contains__json_pointer.output
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ true
 false
 false
 false
+false
+false
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/parse_error.cpp b/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/parse_error.cpp
index ce15ebe22..2f73ac65f 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/parse_error.cpp
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/parse_error.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ int main()
     try
     {
         // parsing input with a syntax error
-        json::parse("[1,2,3,]");
+        json j = json::parse("[1,2,3,]");
     }
     catch (const json::parse_error& e)
     {