diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ LevelDB will by default fill the in-memory LRU Cache with data from a call to ge
 ### db.del(key[, options][, callback])
 <code>del()</code> is the primary method for removing data from the store.
 ```js
-db.del('foo', function hasError (err) {
-  console.error('ERROR', err);
-  throw err;
+db.del('foo', function (err) {
+  if (err)
+    // handle I/O or other error
 });
 ```