diff --git a/crates/tinyxml2/Cargo.toml b/crates/tinyxml2/Cargo.toml
index 698d23f..d627e71 100644
--- a/crates/tinyxml2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tinyxml2/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ name = "parse_file"
 path = "../../examples/parse_file.rs"
 required-features = ["std"]
 
+[[example]]
+name = "parse_string_error_handling"
+path = "../../examples/parse_string.rs"
+required-features = ["std"]
+
 [[example]]
 name = "build_dom"
 path = "../../examples/build_dom.rs"
diff --git a/examples/parse_string.rs b/examples/parse_string.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e73487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/parse_string.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//! Parses malformed XML strings and demonstrates how to handle different
+//! [`XmlError`] variants with pattern matching.
+
+use tinyxml2::{Document, XmlError};
+
+fn main() {
+    try_parse("<root><child></root>", "mismatched tags");
+    try_parse("", "empty document");
+    try_parse("<root>", "unclosed tag");
+}
+
+fn try_parse(xml: &str, desc: &str) {
+    match Document::parse(xml) {
+        Ok(_doc) => {
+            // Successful parse
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            println!("--- {desc} ---");
+            println!("  error:  {e}");
+            match &e {
+                XmlError::EmptyDocument => {
+                    println!("  cause:  the input contains no XML content");
+                }
+                XmlError::MismatchedElement {
+                    expected,
+                    found,
+                    line,
+                } => {
+                    println!("  cause:  expected </{expected}>, found </{found}> at line {line}");
+                }
+                XmlError::Parse {
+                    kind,
+                    line,
+                    message,
+                } => {
+                    println!("  cause:  {kind:?} error at line {line}");
+                    if let Some(msg) = message {
+                        println!("  detail: {msg}");
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    println!("  cause:  unexpected error — {e}");
+                }
+            }
+            println!();
+        }
+    }
+}