diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 3331e4b2..6012bf94 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -549,12 +549,19 @@ _GET `/_up`_
 ```py
 # section: code
 from ibmcloudant.cloudant_v1 import CloudantV1
+from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.api_exception import ApiException
 
 service = CloudantV1.new_instance()
+try:
+    response = service.get_up_information()
 
-response = service.get_up_information().get_result()
-
-print(response)
+    print("Service is up and healthy")
+    print(response.get_result())
+except ApiException as ae:
+    if ae.code == 503:
+        print(f"Service is unavailable, status code: {ae.code}")
+    else:
+        print(f"Issue performing health check, status code: {ae.code}, message: {ae.http_response.reason}")
 ```
 
 ## getUuids
diff --git a/examples/snippets/getUpInformation/example_request.py b/examples/snippets/getUpInformation/example_request.py
index 4e6be59e..215a2208 100644
--- a/examples/snippets/getUpInformation/example_request.py
+++ b/examples/snippets/getUpInformation/example_request.py
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 # section: code
 from ibmcloudant.cloudant_v1 import CloudantV1
+from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.api_exception import ApiException
 
 service = CloudantV1.new_instance()
+try:
+    response = service.get_up_information()
 
-response = service.get_up_information().get_result()
-
-print(response)
+    print("Service is up and healthy")
+    print(response.get_result())
+except ApiException as ae:
+    if ae.code == 503:
+        print(f"Service is unavailable, status code: {ae.code}")
+    else:
+        print(f"Issue performing health check, status code: {ae.code}, message: {ae.http_response.reason}")
diff --git a/examples/snippets/headUpInformation/example_request.py b/examples/snippets/headUpInformation/example_request.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9942e6d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/snippets/headUpInformation/example_request.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# section: code
+from ibmcloudant.cloudant_v1 import CloudantV1
+from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.api_exception import ApiException
+
+service = CloudantV1.new_instance()
+try:
+    response = service.head_up_information()
+
+    print("Service is up and healthy")
+except ApiException as ae:
+    if ae.code == 503:
+        print(f"Service is unavailable, status code: {ae.code}")
+    else:
+        print(f"Issue performing health check, status code: {ae.code}, message: {ae.http_response.reason}")