diff --git a/tools/sampcd_processor.py b/tools/sampcd_processor.py
index 2d8692c5bc7e5c7389af5b07afebbc6de7d96ced..13005350d7bd531cd6e8b5257fa2a52dc5beb7fc 100644
--- a/tools/sampcd_processor.py
+++ b/tools/sampcd_processor.py
@@ -339,8 +339,10 @@ def sampcd_extract_to_file(srccom, name, htype="def", hname=""):
 Please use '.. code-block:: python' to format the sample code.""")
                 return []
         else:
-            logger.warning("Error: No sample code!")
-            return []
+            logger.error(
+                "Error: No sample code found! Please check if the API comment contais string 'Examples:' correctly"
+            )
+            exit(1)
 
     sample_code_filenames = []
     for y, cb in enumerate(codeblocks):