From 5d4521836e4528b085c737dfd50a66b141479285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Lebrun <dinoboff@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 06:47:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Document how to test for cancelation (#376)

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 readme.md | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 74d6f66..e4447d3 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -280,7 +280,21 @@ When given an unsupported protocol.
 
 ## Aborting the request
 
-The promise returned by Got has a `.cancel()` function which, when called, aborts the request.
+The promise returned by Got has a [`.cancel()`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-cancelable) method which, when called, aborts the request.
+
+```js
+const request = got(url, options);
+
+request.catch(err => {
+  if (request.canceled) {
+    // Handle cancelation
+  }
+  
+  // Handle other errors
+});
+
+request.cancel();
+```
 
 
 ## Proxies