diff --git a/examples/pessimistic.rs b/examples/pessimistic.rs
index 06e8427..bca0fc7 100644
--- a/examples/pessimistic.rs
+++ b/examples/pessimistic.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ async fn main() {
     let value3: Value = b"value3".to_vec();
     txn1.put(key1.clone(), value3).await.unwrap();
     txn1.commit().await.unwrap();
-    let txn3 = client.begin().await.expect("Could not begin a transaction");
+    let mut txn3 = client.begin().await.expect("Could not begin a transaction");
     let result = txn3.get(key1.clone()).await.unwrap().unwrap();
+    txn3.commit()
+        .await
+        .expect("Committing read-only transaction should not fail");
     println!("{:?}", (key1, result));
 }
diff --git a/examples/transaction.rs b/examples/transaction.rs
index f56c051..d089be3 100644
--- a/examples/transaction.rs
+++ b/examples/transaction.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ async fn puts(client: &Client, pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<KvPair>
 }
 
 async fn get(client: &Client, key: Key) -> Option<Value> {
-    let txn = client.begin().await.expect("Could not begin a transaction");
-    txn.get(key).await.expect("Could not get value")
+    let mut txn = client.begin().await.expect("Could not begin a transaction");
+    let res = txn.get(key).await.expect("Could not get value");
+    txn.commit()
+        .await
+        .expect("Committing read-only transaction should not fail");
+    res
 }
 
 async fn scan(client: &Client, range: impl Into<BoundRange>, limit: u32) {