diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index e8ab8a7..465bb5d 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ And some named parsing:
  >>> r.fixed
  ('there', )
 
-A ValueError will be raised if there is no match:
+None will be returned if there is no match:
 
  >>> r = parse('hello {name:w}', 'hello 12')
- ValueError: ...
+ >>> print r
+ None
 
 See also the unit tests at the end of the module for some more
-examples.
+examples. Run those with "python -m parse".
 
 ----
 
diff --git a/parse.py b/parse.py
index 24af173..41e7f6c 100644
--- a/parse.py
+++ b/parse.py
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@ And some named parsing:
  >>> r.fixed
  ('there', )
 
-A ValueError will be raised if there is no match:
+None will be returned if there is no match:
 
  >>> r = parse('hello {name:w}', 'hello 12')
- ValueError: ...
+ >>> print r
+ None
 
 See also the unit tests at the end of the module for some more
-examples.
+examples. Run those with "python -m parse".
 
 ----