diff --git a/docs/examples/anyauthput.c b/docs/examples/anyauthput.c
index 550c827693..7106c32eb6 100644
--- a/docs/examples/anyauthput.c
+++ b/docs/examples/anyauthput.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int my_seek(void *userp, curl_off_t offset, int origin)
 {
   FILE *fp = (FILE *) userp;
 
-  if(-1 == fseek(fp, (long) offset, origin))
+  if(fseek(fp, (long) offset, origin) == -1)
     /* could not seek */
     return CURL_SEEKFUNC_CANTSEEK;
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/sftpuploadresume.c b/docs/examples/sftpuploadresume.c
index 2803da33e0..f1f7b0c275 100644
--- a/docs/examples/sftpuploadresume.c
+++ b/docs/examples/sftpuploadresume.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static int sftpResumeUpload(CURL *curlhandle, const char *remotepath,
   CURLcode result = CURLE_GOT_NOTHING;
 
   curl_off_t remoteFileSizeByte = sftpGetRemoteFileSize(remotepath);
-  if(-1 == remoteFileSizeByte) {
+  if(remoteFileSizeByte == -1) {
     printf("Error reading the remote file size: unable to resume upload\n");
     return -1;
   }