diff --git a/snippets/httpGet.md b/snippets/httpGet.md
index a24dafac5..cc8e6c1d7 100644
--- a/snippets/httpGet.md
+++ b/snippets/httpGet.md
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 ### httpGet
 
-Makes a `GET` request to the passed `URL`.
+Makes a `GET` request to the passed URL.
 
-Use `XMLHttpRequest` web api to retrieve data from the server. When the response is ready call the callback function.
+Use `XMLHttpRequest` web api to retrieve data from the given `url`. 
+Handle the `onload` event, by running the provided `callback` function.
+Handle the `onerror` event, by running the provided `err` function.
+Omit the third argument, `err` to log the request to the console's error stream by default.
 
 ```js
-const httpGet = (url, callback) => {
+const httpGet = (url, callback, err = console.error) => {
   const request = new XMLHttpRequest();
   request.open("GET", url, true);
   request.onload = () => callback(request);
+  request.onerror = () => err(request);
   request.send();
 }
 ```