--- /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/ftw.3	2012-01-03 04:26:08.000000000 +0100
+++ ftw_man/ftw.3	2012-11-07 19:18:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -155,6 +155,54 @@
 will stop processing the tree and return the value from
 .Fa fn .
 Both functions return \-1 if an error is detected.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Following there is a small example that shows how
+.Nm
+works. It traverses the file tree starting at the directory pointed
+by the only program argument and shows the complete path and a brief
+indicator about the file type.
+.Bd -literal
+#include <ftw.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int
+ftw_callback(const char *path, const struct stat *sb, int typeflag)
+{
+	char type;
+
+	switch(typeflag) {
+	case FTW_F: 
+		type = 'F';
+		break;
+	case FTW_D:
+		type = 'D';
+		break;
+	case FTW_DNR:
+		type = '-';
+		break;
+	case FTW_NS:
+		type = 'X';
+		break;
+	}
+
+	printf("[%c] %s\n", type, path);
+
+	return (0);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+
+	if (argc != 2) {
+		printf("Usage %s <directory>\n", argv[0]);
+		return (0);
+	} else {
+		return (ftw(argv[1], ftw_callback, /*UNUSED*/ 10));
+	}
+
+}
+.Ed
 .Sh ERRORS
 The
 .Fn ftw