diff --git a/docs/examples/ftpget.c b/docs/examples/ftpget.c
index a2a7da0ce..fc7ab4a39 100644
--- a/docs/examples/ftpget.c
+++ b/docs/examples/ftpget.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct FtpFile {
 static size_t my_fwrite(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream)
 {
   struct FtpFile *out = (struct FtpFile *)stream;
-  if(out && !out->stream) {
+  if(!out->stream) {
     /* open file for writing */
     out->stream = fopen(out->filename, "wb");
     if(!out->stream)
diff --git a/docs/examples/ftpsget.c b/docs/examples/ftpsget.c
index fb7489f03..91162e624 100644
--- a/docs/examples/ftpsget.c
+++ b/docs/examples/ftpsget.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static size_t my_fwrite(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb,
                         void *stream)
 {
   struct FtpFile *out = (struct FtpFile *)stream;
-  if(out && !out->stream) {
+  if(!out->stream) {
     /* open file for writing */
     out->stream = fopen(out->filename, "wb");
     if(!out->stream)
diff --git a/docs/examples/sftpget.c b/docs/examples/sftpget.c
index 44a3caf2e..e5a74b9ec 100644
--- a/docs/examples/sftpget.c
+++ b/docs/examples/sftpget.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static size_t my_fwrite(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb,
                         void *stream)
 {
   struct FtpFile *out = (struct FtpFile *)stream;
-  if(out && !out->stream) {
+  if(!out->stream) {
     /* open file for writing */
     out->stream = fopen(out->filename, "wb");
     if(!out->stream)