diff --git a/collects/db/scribblings/example-log.rktd b/collects/db/scribblings/example-log.rktd
index 905c977c34..e2469bfb1f 100644
--- a/collects/db/scribblings/example-log.rktd
+++ b/collects/db/scribblings/example-log.rktd
@@ -290,20 +290,11 @@
  ((3) 0 () 0 () () (c values c (u . "a crowd")))
  #""
  #"")
-((query-value pgc "select d from the_numbers where n = $1" 100)
- ((3)
-  0
-  ()
-  0
-  ()
-  ()
-  (c
-   exn
-   c
-   "query-value: query returned wrong number of rows\n  statement: \"select d from the_numbers where n = $1\"\n  expected: 1\n  got: 0"))
+((query-maybe-value pgc "select d from the_numbers where n = $1" 100)
+ ((3) 0 () 0 () () (c values c #f))
  #""
  #"")
-((query-value c "select count(*) from the_numbers")
+((query-maybe-value c "select count(*) from the_numbers")
  ((3) 0 () 0 () () (c values c 4))
  #""
  #"")
diff --git a/collects/db/scribblings/query.scrbl b/collects/db/scribblings/query.scrbl
index 95485f5c6e..272a928d5f 100644
--- a/collects/db/scribblings/query.scrbl
+++ b/collects/db/scribblings/query.scrbl
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ The types of parameters and returned fields are described in
   that case, @racket[#f] is returned.
 
 @examples[#:eval the-eval
-(query-value pgc "select d from the_numbers where n = $1" 100)
-(query-value c "select count(*) from the_numbers")
+(query-maybe-value pgc "select d from the_numbers where n = $1" 100)
+(query-maybe-value c "select count(*) from the_numbers")
 ]
 }