diff --git a/examples/cursor.rs b/examples/cursor.rs
index bc7deea6..2062d8a7 100644
--- a/examples/cursor.rs
+++ b/examples/cursor.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ fn main() {
     let cursors = [MouseCursor::Default, MouseCursor::Crosshair, MouseCursor::Hand, MouseCursor::Arrow, MouseCursor::Move, MouseCursor::Text, MouseCursor::Wait, MouseCursor::Help, MouseCursor::Progress, MouseCursor::NotAllowed, MouseCursor::ContextMenu, MouseCursor::NoneCursor, MouseCursor::Cell, MouseCursor::VerticalText, MouseCursor::Alias, MouseCursor::Copy, MouseCursor::NoDrop, MouseCursor::Grab, MouseCursor::Grabbing, MouseCursor::AllScroll, MouseCursor::ZoomIn, MouseCursor::ZoomOut, MouseCursor::EResize, MouseCursor::NResize, MouseCursor::NeResize, MouseCursor::NwResize, MouseCursor::SResize, MouseCursor::SeResize, MouseCursor::SwResize, MouseCursor::WResize, MouseCursor::EwResize, MouseCursor::NsResize, MouseCursor::NeswResize, MouseCursor::NwseResize, MouseCursor::ColResize, MouseCursor::RowResize];
     let mut cursor_idx = 0;
 
+    if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        println!("Running this example under wayland may not display a window at all.\n\
+                  This is normal and because this example does not actually draw anything in the window,\
+                  thus the compositor does not display it.");
+    }
+
     events_loop.run_forever(|event| {
         match event {
             Event::WindowEvent { event: WindowEvent::KeyboardInput { input: KeyboardInput { state: ElementState::Pressed, .. }, .. }, .. } => {
diff --git a/examples/fullscreen.rs b/examples/fullscreen.rs
index 6f2f118a..daeb68b6 100644
--- a/examples/fullscreen.rs
+++ b/examples/fullscreen.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ fn main() {
         .build(&events_loop)
         .unwrap();
 
+    if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        println!("Running this example under wayland may not display a window at all.\n\
+                  This is normal and because this example does not actually draw anything in the window,\
+                  thus the compositor does not display it.");
+    }
+
     events_loop.run_forever(|event| {
         println!("{:?}", event);
 
diff --git a/examples/grabbing.rs b/examples/grabbing.rs
index f7e7c9b3..68ef7701 100644
--- a/examples/grabbing.rs
+++ b/examples/grabbing.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ fn main() {
 
     let mut grabbed = false;
 
+    if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        println!("Running this example under wayland may not display a window at all.\n\
+                  This is normal and because this example does not actually draw anything in the window,\
+                  thus the compositor does not display it.");
+    }
+
     events_loop.run_forever(|event| {
         println!("{:?}", event);
 
diff --git a/examples/min_max_size.rs b/examples/min_max_size.rs
index 7500e893..b5020e73 100644
--- a/examples/min_max_size.rs
+++ b/examples/min_max_size.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ fn main() {
         .build(&events_loop)
         .unwrap();
 
+    if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        println!("Running this example under wayland may not display a window at all.\n\
+                  This is normal and because this example does not actually draw anything in the window,\
+                  thus the compositor does not display it.");
+    }
+
     events_loop.run_forever(|event| {
         println!("{:?}", event);
 
diff --git a/examples/multiwindow.rs b/examples/multiwindow.rs
index 9c5b93b8..c020f69d 100644
--- a/examples/multiwindow.rs
+++ b/examples/multiwindow.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ fn main() {
 
     let mut num_windows = 3;
 
+    if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        println!("Running this example under wayland may not display a window at all.\n\
+                  This is normal and because this example does not actually draw anything in the window,\
+                  thus the compositor does not display it.");
+    }
+
     events_loop.run_forever(|event| {
         match event {
             winit::Event::WindowEvent { event: winit::WindowEvent::Closed, window_id } => {
diff --git a/examples/proxy.rs b/examples/proxy.rs
index 338c4675..fa9ca014 100644
--- a/examples/proxy.rs
+++ b/examples/proxy.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ fn main() {
 
     let proxy = events_loop.create_proxy();
 
+    if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        println!("Running this example under wayland may not display a window at all.\n\
+                  This is normal and because this example does not actually draw anything in the window,\
+                  thus the compositor does not display it.");
+    }
+
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
         // Wake up the `events_loop` once every second.
         loop {
diff --git a/examples/transparent.rs b/examples/transparent.rs
index de633175..29dd9415 100644
--- a/examples/transparent.rs
+++ b/examples/transparent.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ fn main() {
 
     window.set_title("A fantastic window!");
 
+    if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        println!("Running this example under wayland may not display a window at all.\n\
+                  This is normal and because this example does not actually draw anything in the window,\
+                  thus the compositor does not display it.");
+    }
+
     events_loop.run_forever(|event| {
         println!("{:?}", event);
 
diff --git a/examples/window.rs b/examples/window.rs
index 65f0ade2..6dc909a8 100644
--- a/examples/window.rs
+++ b/examples/window.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ fn main() {
         .build(&events_loop)
         .unwrap();
 
+    if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        println!("Running this example under wayland may not display a window at all.\n\
+                  This is normal and because this example does not actually draw anything in the window,\
+                  thus the compositor does not display it.");
+    }
+
     events_loop.run_forever(|event| {
         println!("{:?}", event);