diff --git a/procfs/src/net.rs b/procfs/src/net.rs
index e297687..177ff9e 100644
--- a/procfs/src/net.rs
+++ b/procfs/src/net.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 //! // build up a map between socket inodes and process stat info:
 //! let mut map: HashMap<u64, Stat> = HashMap::new();
 //! for p in all_procs {
-//!     let process = p.unwrap();
+//!     let Ok(process) = p else {
+//!         // process vanished
+//!         continue;
+//!     };
 //!     if let (Ok(stat), Ok(fds)) = (process.stat(), process.fd()) {
 //!         for fd in fds {
 //!             if let FDTarget::Socket(inode) = fd.unwrap().target {
diff --git a/procfs/src/process/mod.rs b/procfs/src/process/mod.rs
index d05ddf7..201198e 100644
--- a/procfs/src/process/mod.rs
+++ b/procfs/src/process/mod.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@
 //!
 //! let tty = format!("pty/{}", me_stat.tty_nr().1);
 //! for prc in procfs::process::all_processes().unwrap() {
-//!     if let Ok(stat) = prc.unwrap().stat() {
+//!     let Ok(prc) = prc else {
+//!         // process vanished
+//!         continue;
+//!     };
+//!     let Ok(stat) = prc.stat() else {
+//!         // process vanished
+//!         continue;
+//!     };
+//!     if let Ok(stat) = prc.stat() {
 //!         if stat.tty_nr == me_stat.tty_nr {
 //!             // total_time is in seconds
 //!             let total_time =