diff --git a/cdb/cdb_find.3 b/cdb/cdb_find.3
index 34eb41d..f0b6af7 100644
--- a/cdb/cdb_find.3
+++ b/cdb/cdb_find.3
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ There may be several records under a single key. You can use
 \fBcdb_findnext\fR to find the next record under this key.
 
 .SH EXAMPLE
-static struct cdb;
+static struct c;
 
 if (cdb_find(&c,key,strlen(key)>0) {
   char *buf=alloca(cdb_datalen(&c));
diff --git a/cdb/cdb_read.3 b/cdb/cdb_read.3
index ce7646b..9db0bb1 100644
--- a/cdb/cdb_read.3
+++ b/cdb/cdb_read.3
@@ -16,5 +16,9 @@ int cdb_read(struct cdb *\fIc\fR,char *\fIbuf\fR,unsigned long int \fIlen\fR,uin
 \fIbuf\fR needs to point to a memory region large enough to hold
 \fIlen\fR bytes.
 
+.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+\fBcdb_read\fR returns 0 if everything went well, or -1 on error
+(setting \fIerrno\fR appropriately.
+
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 cdb_find(3), cdb_init(3), cdb_free(3), cdbmake(1)
diff --git a/test/cdbget2.c b/test/cdbget2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..614638e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cdbget2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include <cdb.h>
+#include <buffer.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errmsg.h>
+
+int main(int argc,char* argv[]) {
+  int fd;
+  static struct cdb c;
+  errmsg_iam("cdbget");
+  if (argc<3)
+    die(1,"usage: cdbget data.cdb key");
+  fd=open(argv[1],O_RDONLY);
+  if (fd==-1)
+    diesys(1,"open");
+  cdb_init(&c,fd);
+  if (cdb_find(&c,argv[2],strlen(argv[2]))>0) {
+    do {
+      char* x=malloc(cdb_datalen(&c));
+      if (!x)
+	die(1,"out of memory");
+      if (cdb_read(&c,x,cdb_datalen(&c),cdb_datapos(&c))==-1)
+	diesys(1,"cdb_read");
+      buffer_put(buffer_1,x,cdb_datalen(&c));
+      buffer_put(buffer_1,"\n",1);
+      free(x);
+    } while (cdb_findnext(&c,argv[2],strlen(argv[2]))>0);
+  }
+  buffer_flush(buffer_1);
+}