diff --git a/hl/examples/ex_ds1.c b/hl/examples/ex_ds1.c
index af8b58155c3..09f398bd98a 100644
--- a/hl/examples/ex_ds1.c
+++ b/hl/examples/ex_ds1.c
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@ main(void)
     if (H5DSattach_scale(did, dsid, DIM1) < 0)
         goto out;
 
-    /* close DS id */
+    /* close DS ids */
     if (H5Dclose(dsid) < 0)
         goto out;
+    if (H5Dclose(did) < 0)
+        goto out;
 
     /* close file */
     H5Fclose(fid);
diff --git a/hl/fortran/examples/ex_ds1.f90 b/hl/fortran/examples/ex_ds1.f90
index b31ac8eba52..3e0048ad555 100644
--- a/hl/fortran/examples/ex_ds1.f90
+++ b/hl/fortran/examples/ex_ds1.f90
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ PROGRAM example_ds
 
   WRITE(*,'(/,5X,A,I0,2A,/)') 'Dimension Scale Label for dimension ', DIM2, ' is ... ', label(1:label_len)
 
- ! close DS id
+ ! close DS ids
   CALL H5Dclose_f(dsid, err)
+  CALL H5Dclose_f(did, err)
 
  ! close file
   CALL H5Fclose_f(fid, err)