diff --git a/docs/framework/network-programming/using-udp-services.md b/docs/framework/network-programming/using-udp-services.md
index 4acc3c06f6868..dbafed2e5018d 100644
--- a/docs/framework/network-programming/using-udp-services.md
+++ b/docs/framework/network-programming/using-udp-services.md
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ Imports System.Text
 Public Class Program
     Public Shared Sub Main(args() As [String])
       Dim s As New Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp)
+      s.EnableBroadcast = True
       Dim broadcast As IPAddress = IPAddress.Parse("192.168.1.255")
       Dim sendbuf As Byte() = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(args(0))
       Dim ep As New IPEndPoint(broadcast, 11000)
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ class Program
     static void Main(string[] args)
     {
         Socket s = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
+        s.EnableBroadcast = true;
 
         IPAddress broadcast = IPAddress.Parse("192.168.1.255");