diff --git a/R/connection.R b/R/connection.R
index bd6cf982..0ab4ed6b 100644
--- a/R/connection.R
+++ b/R/connection.R
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #'   An object that inherits from DBIConnection driver specified in drv
 #' @examples
 #' \dontrun{
+#' conn <- get_connection(drv = RSQLite::SQLite(), dbname = ":memory:")
+#'
 #' close_connection(conn)
 #' }
 #'
diff --git a/man/get_connection.Rd b/man/get_connection.Rd
index 260fe270..eed7a5bf 100644
--- a/man/get_connection.Rd
+++ b/man/get_connection.Rd
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Certain drivers may use credentials stored in a file, such as ~/.pgpass (Postgre
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
+conn <- get_connection(drv = RSQLite::SQLite(), dbname = ":memory:")
+
 close_connection(conn)
 }