diff --git a/docs/headless-chrome.md b/docs/headless-chrome.md
index 96e4061b4042..20de67a71148 100644
--- a/docs/headless-chrome.md
+++ b/docs/headless-chrome.md
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ const chromeLauncher = require('chrome-launcher');
 function launchChromeAndRunLighthouse(url, flags = {}, config = null) {
   return chromeLauncher.launch(flags).then(chrome => {
     flags.port = chrome.port;
-    return lighthouse(url, flags, config).then(results =>
-      chrome.kill().then(() => results));
+    return lighthouse(url, flags, config).then(results => {
+      chrome.kill();
+      return results;
+    }
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/puppeteer.md b/docs/puppeteer.md
index dcb9de10cfa4..68c62e0d5256 100644
--- a/docs/puppeteer.md
+++ b/docs/puppeteer.md
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ const {lhr}  = await lighthouse(url, undefined, undefined, page);
 console.log(`Lighthouse scores: ${Object.values(lhr.categories).map(c => c.score).join(', ')}`);
 
 await browser.disconnect();
-await chrome.kill();
+chrome.kill();
 ```
diff --git a/docs/readme.md b/docs/readme.md
index a2d8ad980a81..d7091b98a992 100644
--- a/docs/readme.md
+++ b/docs/readme.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fs.writeFileSync('lhreport.html', reportHtml);
 console.log('Report is done for', runnerResult.lhr.finalDisplayedUrl);
 console.log('Performance score was', runnerResult.lhr.categories.performance.score * 100);
 
-await chrome.kill();
+chrome.kill();
 ```
 
 ### Performance-only Lighthouse run