diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/config/sample_config.json b/backend/src/apiserver/config/sample_config.json
index c02a79f149a..de71d94174a 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/config/sample_config.json
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/config/sample_config.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   },
   {
     "name": "[Tutorial] DSL - Control structures",
-    "description": "[source code](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/tree/master/samples/tutorials/DSL%20-%20Control%20structures) Shows how to use conditional execution and exit handlers.",
+    "description": "[source code](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/tree/master/samples/tutorials/DSL%20-%20Control%20structures) Shows how to use conditional execution and exit handlers. This pipeline will randomly fail to demonstrate that the exit handler gets executed even in case of failure.",
     "file": "/samples/tutorials/DSL - Control structures/DSL - Control structures.py.yaml"
   }
 ]
diff --git a/samples/tutorials/DSL - Control structures/DSL - Control structures.py b/samples/tutorials/DSL - Control structures/DSL - Control structures.py
index 0c69a27234f..66ff726eca8 100644
--- a/samples/tutorials/DSL - Control structures/DSL - Control structures.py	
+++ b/samples/tutorials/DSL - Control structures/DSL - Control structures.py	
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ def flipcoin_pipeline():
 
 # %%
 @func_to_container_op
-def fail_op():
+def fail_op(message):
     """Fails."""
     import sys
+    print(message)    
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ def flipcoin_exit_pipeline():
                 print_op('tails and %s <= 15!' % random_num_tail.output)
 
         with dsl.Condition(flip.output == 'tails'):
-            fail_op()
+            fail_op(message="Failing the run to demonstrate that exit handler still gets executed.")
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':