diff --git a/python-ecosys/requests/example_xively.py b/python-ecosys/requests/example_xively.py
index 60e139b98..cd95be0c1 100644
--- a/python-ecosys/requests/example_xively.py
+++ b/python-ecosys/requests/example_xively.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import requests
 
-r = requests.get("http://api.xively.com/")
+r = requests.get("http://api.xively.com/") # this site may not respond. OSError: -202
 print(r)
 print(r.content)
 print(r.text)