diff --git a/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Misc/system.net.http.httpclient/cs/source.cs b/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Misc/system.net.http.httpclient/cs/source.cs
index 41825db072b..8b6585b7bbe 100644
--- a/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Misc/system.net.http.httpclient/cs/source.cs
+++ b/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Misc/system.net.http.httpclient/cs/source.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class HttpClient_Example
     
    static async Task Main()
    {
-     // Call asynchronous network methods in a try/catch block to handle exceptions
+     // Call asynchronous network methods in a try/catch block to handle exceptions.
      try	
      {
         HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync("http://www.contoso.com/");
diff --git a/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Misc/system.net.http.httpclient/vb/source.vb b/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Misc/system.net.http.httpclient/vb/source.vb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f583aec23f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Misc/system.net.http.httpclient/vb/source.vb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Imports System
+Imports System.IO
+Imports System.Net
+Imports System.Net.Http
+Imports System.Threading.Tasks
+
+Class HttpClient_Example
+' <Snippet1>
+	' HttpClient is intended to be instantiated once per application, rather than per-use. See Remarks.
+    Shared ReadOnly client As HttpClient = New HttpClient()
+
+	Private Shared Async Function Main() As Task
+		' Call asynchronous network methods in a try/catch block to handle exceptions.
+		Try
+			Dim response As HttpResponseMessage = Await client.GetAsync("http://www.contoso.com/")
+			response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode()
+			Dim responseBody As String = Await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()
+			' Above three lines can be replaced with new helper method below
+			' Dim responseBody As String = Await client.GetStringAsync(uri)
+
+			Console.WriteLine(responseBody)
+		Catch e As HttpRequestException
+			Console.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine & "Exception Caught!")
+			Console.WriteLine("Message :{0} ", e.Message)
+		End Try
+	End Function
+' </Snippet1>		
+End Class