diff --git a/examples/F90/grib_sections_copy.f90 b/examples/F90/grib_sections_copy.f90
index 05ca26a55..93e72675f 100644
--- a/examples/F90/grib_sections_copy.f90
+++ b/examples/F90/grib_sections_copy.f90
@@ -11,18 +11,29 @@ program grib_sections_copy
    use eccodes
    implicit none
 
-   integer :: igrib1, igrib2, igrib3
+   integer :: igrib_a, igrib_b, igrib_c, iret
+   character(len=40) :: error_message
 
-   call codes_grib_new_from_samples(igrib1, 'regular_ll_sfc_grib2')
-   call codes_grib_new_from_samples(igrib2, 'reduced_gg_pl_640_grib2')
+   call codes_grib_new_from_samples(igrib_a, 'regular_ll_sfc_grib1')
+   call codes_grib_new_from_samples(igrib_b, 'reduced_gg_pl_640_grib1')
 
    ! Turn all bits on:
    ! GRIB_SECTION_PRODUCT, GRIB_SECTION_GRID, GRIB_SECTION_LOCAL
    ! GRIB_SECTION_DATA, GRIB_SECTION_BITMAP
-   call codes_grib_util_sections_copy(igrib1, igrib2, 31, igrib3)
+   call codes_grib_util_sections_copy(igrib_a, igrib_b, 31, igrib_c)
 
-   call codes_release(igrib1)
-   call codes_release(igrib2)
-   call codes_release(igrib3)
+   call codes_release(igrib_a)
+   call codes_release(igrib_b)
+   call codes_release(igrib_c)
+
+   ! Try from grib1 to grib2
+   call codes_grib_new_from_samples(igrib_a, 'GRIB1')
+   call codes_grib_new_from_samples(igrib_b, 'GRIB2')
+   call codes_grib_util_sections_copy(igrib_a, igrib_b, 31, igrib_c, iret)
+   if (iret /= GRIB_DIFFERENT_EDITION) then
+      call codes_check(CODES_INTERNAL_ERROR, 'Error', 'codes_grib_util_sections_copy: Should have failed')
+   end if
+   call codes_get_error_string(iret, error_message)
+   write (*, *) 'error message: ', adjustl( adjustr(trim(error_message)) )
 
 end program
diff --git a/examples/F90/grib_sections_copy.sh b/examples/F90/grib_sections_copy.sh
index 01da1a706..548401df9 100755
--- a/examples/F90/grib_sections_copy.sh
+++ b/examples/F90/grib_sections_copy.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
 
 . ./include.ctest.sh
 
+export ECCODES_DEBUG=-1
 ${examples_dir}/eccodes_f_grib_sections_copy