diff --git a/example/fib/app.go b/example/fib/app.go
index 907779e613a..a92074258fb 100644
--- a/example/fib/app.go
+++ b/example/fib/app.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (a *App) Poll(ctx context.Context) (uint, error) {
 	a.l.Print("What Fibonacci number would you like to know: ")
 
 	var n uint
-	_, err := fmt.Fscanf(a.r, "%d", &n)
+	_, err := fmt.Fscanf(a.r, "%d\n", &n)
 	if err != nil {
 		span.RecordError(err)
 		span.SetStatus(codes.Error, err.Error())
diff --git a/website_docs/getting-started.md b/website_docs/getting-started.md
index 4262cd6ff83..5fdf2418187 100644
--- a/website_docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/website_docs/getting-started.md
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func (a *App) Poll(ctx context.Context) (uint, error) {
 	a.l.Print("What Fibonacci number would you like to know: ")
 
 	var n uint
-	_, err := fmt.Fscanf(a.r, "%d", &n)
+	_, err := fmt.Fscanf(a.r, "%d\n", &n)
 
 	// Store n as a string to not overflow an int64.
 	nStr := strconv.FormatUint(uint64(n), 10)
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ func (a *App) Poll(ctx context.Context) (uint, error) {
 	a.l.Print("What Fibonacci number would you like to know: ")
 
 	var n uint
-	_, err := fmt.Fscanf(a.r, "%d", &n)
+	_, err := fmt.Fscanf(a.r, "%d\n", &n)
 	if err != nil {
 		span.RecordError(err)
 		span.SetStatus(codes.Error, err.Error())