diff --git a/wayland-client/examples/simple_window.rs b/wayland-client/examples/simple_window.rs
index 8c09f03e398..2498fba2d27 100644
--- a/wayland-client/examples/simple_window.rs
+++ b/wayland-client/examples/simple_window.rs
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ impl Dispatch<wl_registry::WlRegistry, ()> for State {
 
 // Ignore events from these object types in this example.
 delegate_noop!(State: wl_compositor::WlCompositor);
-delegate_noop!(State: wl_surface::WlSurface);
-delegate_noop!(State: wl_shm::WlShm);
+delegate_noop!(State: ignore wl_surface::WlSurface);
+delegate_noop!(State: ignore wl_shm::WlShm);
 delegate_noop!(State: wl_shm_pool::WlShmPool);
 delegate_noop!(State: wl_buffer::WlBuffer);