diff --git a/examples/timing_resources.rs b/examples/timing_resources.rs
index acddcbcba2e0e6de768228efe80395f96411a973..2be82cf68e7e002970cca5449287689ed3dad9fc 100644
--- a/examples/timing_resources.rs
+++ b/examples/timing_resources.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ const APP: () = {
 // What was the software latency observed to enter the task?
 //
 // [Your answer here]
-// 16 - 2 = 14 cycles
+// Software latency observed: 14 - 12 = 2 cycles
+// Total latency observed: 16 - 2 = 14 cycles
+// Hardware latency: ~12 cycles
+// 
 //
 // Does RTIC infer any overhead?
 //
diff --git a/examples/timing_task.rs b/examples/timing_task.rs
index a4dbe5aecf4f59668cf2f755c0850d8a64a0664c..e30647a100abe6ed9dd1c8df2e07d2d64becc218 100644
--- a/examples/timing_task.rs
+++ b/examples/timing_task.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ const APP: () = {
 // What was the software latency observed to enter the task?
 //
 // [Your answer here]
-// 11 - 0 = 11 cycles
+// Software latency observed: 11 - 12 = -1 => ~0 cycles
+// Total latency observed: 11 - 0 = 11 cycles
+// Hardware latency: ~12 cycles
 //
 // Does RTIC infer any overhead for launching the task?
 //