diff --git a/getting-started/adapter-and-device/the-adapter.md b/getting-started/adapter-and-device/the-adapter.md
index 2bf7b35..667b6d7 100644
--- a/getting-started/adapter-and-device/the-adapter.md
+++ b/getting-started/adapter-and-device/the-adapter.md
@@ -334,7 +334,11 @@ We can first list the limits that our adapter supports with `wgpuAdapterGetLimit
 #ifndef __EMSCRIPTEN__
 WGPUSupportedLimits supportedLimits = {};
 supportedLimits.nextInChain = nullptr;
+#ifdef WEBGPU_BACKEND_DAWN
+bool success = wgpuAdapterGetLimits(adapter, &supportedLimits) == WGPUStatus_Success;
+#else
 bool success = wgpuAdapterGetLimits(adapter, &supportedLimits);
+#endif
 if (success) {
 	std::cout << "Adapter limits:" << std::endl;
 	std::cout << " - maxTextureDimension1D: " << supportedLimits.limits.maxTextureDimension1D << std::endl;
diff --git a/getting-started/adapter-and-device/the-device.md b/getting-started/adapter-and-device/the-device.md
index 94d2c8f..21fa3cb 100644
--- a/getting-started/adapter-and-device/the-device.md
+++ b/getting-started/adapter-and-device/the-device.md
@@ -246,7 +246,11 @@ void inspectDevice(WGPUDevice device) {
 
 	WGPUSupportedLimits limits = {};
 	limits.nextInChain = nullptr;
+#ifdef WEBGPU_BACKEND_DAWN
+	bool success = wgpuDeviceGetLimits(device, &limits) == WGPUStatus_Success;
+#else
 	bool success = wgpuDeviceGetLimits(device, &limits);
+#endif
 	if (success) {
 		std::cout << "Device limits:" << std::endl;
 		std::cout << " - maxTextureDimension1D: " << limits.limits.maxTextureDimension1D << std::endl;