diff --git a/doc/source/examples/usage.py b/doc/source/examples/usage.py
index e09ff036..1afcd36d 100644
--- a/doc/source/examples/usage.py
+++ b/doc/source/examples/usage.py
@@ -80,4 +80,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     LOG.debug("A debugging message")
     LOG.warning("A warning occurred")
     LOG.error("An error occurred")
-    LOG.exception("An Exception occurred")
+    try:
+        raise Exception("This is exceptional")
+    except Exception:
+        LOG.exception("An Exception occurred")
diff --git a/doc/source/examples/usage_helper.py b/doc/source/examples/usage_helper.py
index b8fb19a1..dcd76eb0 100644
--- a/doc/source/examples/usage_helper.py
+++ b/doc/source/examples/usage_helper.py
@@ -97,4 +97,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     LOG.debug("A debugging message")
     LOG.warning("A warning occurred")
     LOG.error("An error occurred")
-    LOG.exception("An Exception occurred")
+    try:
+        raise Exception("This is exceptional")
+    except Exception:
+        LOG.exception("An Exception occurred")
diff --git a/doc/source/examples/usage_i18n.py b/doc/source/examples/usage_i18n.py
index 820fffda..23c54302 100644
--- a/doc/source/examples/usage_i18n.py
+++ b/doc/source/examples/usage_i18n.py
@@ -81,4 +81,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     LOG.debug("A debugging message")  # Debug messages are not translated
     LOG.warning(_LW("A warning occurred"))
     LOG.error(_LE("An error occurred"))
-    LOG.exception(_("An Exception occurred"))
+    try:
+        raise Exception(_("This is exceptional"))
+    except Exception:
+        LOG.exception(_("An Exception occurred"))