diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ba34f83..d7311c32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ implement fault injection, available through command-line options:
 A good starting value for `--drop-chance` and `--corrupt-chance` is 15%. A good starting
 value for `--?x-rate-limit` is 4 and `--shaping-interval` is 50 ms.
 
+Note that packets dropped by the fault injector still get traced;
+the  `rx: randomly dropping a packet` message indicates that the packet *above* it got dropped,
+and the `tx: randomly dropping a packet` message indicates that the packet *below* it was.
+
 ### examples/tcpdump.rs
 
 _examples/tcpdump.rs_ is a tiny clone of the _tcpdump_ utility.
diff --git a/examples/utils.rs b/examples/utils.rs
index bcb4b218..9617e9c4 100644
--- a/examples/utils.rs
+++ b/examples/utils.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn setup_logging() {
 }
 
 pub fn setup_device(more_args: &[&str])
-        -> (Tracer<FaultInjector<TapInterface>, EthernetFrame<&'static [u8]>>,
+        -> (FaultInjector<Tracer<TapInterface, EthernetFrame<&'static [u8]>>>,
             Vec<String>) {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
     opts.optopt("", "drop-chance", "Chance of dropping a packet (%)", "CHANCE");
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ pub fn setup_device(more_args: &[&str])
     }
 
     let device = TapInterface::new(&matches.free[0]).unwrap();
+    let device = Tracer::<_, EthernetFrame<&'static [u8]>>::new(device, trace_writer);
     let mut device = FaultInjector::new(device, seed);
     device.set_drop_chance(drop_chance);
     device.set_corrupt_chance(corrupt_chance);
@@ -84,7 +85,6 @@ pub fn setup_device(more_args: &[&str])
     device.set_max_tx_rate(tx_rate_limit);
     device.set_max_rx_rate(rx_rate_limit);
     device.set_bucket_interval(Duration::from_millis(shaping_interval as u64));
-    let device = Tracer::<_, EthernetFrame<&'static [u8]>>::new(device, trace_writer);
 
     (device, matches.free[1..].to_owned())
 }