diff --git a/docs/examples/postit2.c b/docs/examples/postit2.c
index 9b7cda07ec847fe675839880effb27883a82e366..a46f0a71bae98a3dd246e59cf2fad5100d506801 100644
--- a/docs/examples/postit2.c
+++ b/docs/examples/postit2.c
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
  * This exact source code has not been verified to work.
  */
 
-/* to make this work under windows, use the win32-functions from the
-   win32socket.c file as well */
-
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -31,10 +28,6 @@
 #include <curl/types.h>
 #include <curl/easy.h>
 
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM < 0x070900
-#error "curl_formadd() is not introduced until libcurl 7.9 and later"
-#endif
-
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   CURL *curl;
@@ -45,6 +38,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   struct curl_slist *headerlist=NULL;
   char buf[] = "Expect:";
 
+  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+
   /* Fill in the file upload field */
   curl_formadd(&formpost,
                &lastptr,
diff --git a/docs/examples/sepheaders.c b/docs/examples/sepheaders.c
index 7168f80166da7974a90a657c1faf44544c6beecf..6e87351688ee59e80608368fd601bd0f4a983f13 100644
--- a/docs/examples/sepheaders.c
+++ b/docs/examples/sepheaders.c
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
  * $Id$
  */
 
-/* to make this work under windows, use the win32-functions from the
-   win32socket.c file as well */
-
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -33,6 +30,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   char *bodyfilename = "body.out";
   FILE *bodyfile;
 
+  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+
   /* init the curl session */
   curl_handle = curl_easy_init();