diff --git a/examples/timings.c b/examples/timings.c
index c2ce2d1b..6c85da0f 100644
--- a/examples/timings.c
+++ b/examples/timings.c
@@ -69,6 +69,21 @@
 		}							\
 	} while (0)
 
+
+static void display_self_times(void)
+{
+	printf("-- Overview using `ps` --------------------"
+	       "---------------\n");
+	printf("-- this client is %8u ----------------"
+	       "---------------\n", (unsigned)getpid());
+	printf("-- this server is %8u ----------------"
+	       "---------------\n", (unsigned)glibtop_global_server->pid);
+	system("ps xjf | egrep 'timings|libgtop_server'");
+	printf("-------------------------------------------"
+	       "---------------\n");
+}
+
+
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv [])
 {
@@ -85,13 +100,16 @@ main (int argc, char *argv [])
 	bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, GTOPLOCALEDIR);
 	textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 
+
+	glibtop_init_r (&glibtop_global_server, 0, 0);
+
+	display_self_times();
+
 	printf ("%-12s (%-10s): %7s - %9s - %9s\n",
 		"Feature", "Flags", "Count", "utime", "stime");
 	printf ("-------------------------------------------"
 		"---------------\n");
 
-	glibtop_init_r (&glibtop_global_server, 0, 0);
-
 	getrusage (RUSAGE_SELF, &total_start);
 
 	getrusage (RUSAGE_SELF, &rusage_start);
@@ -411,6 +429,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv [])
 	printf ("All timings are in clock ticks "
 		"(1000000 ticks per second).\n\n");
 
+	display_self_times();
+
 	glibtop_close ();
 
 	exit (0);