diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index bebf8c08d..f643c81f8 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -825,6 +825,9 @@ imap://user:password@mail.example.com - Performs a top level folder list
 imap://user:password@mail.example.com/INBOX - Performs a folder list on the
 user's inbox
 
+imap://user:password@mail.example.com/INBOX -X "SEARCH NEW" - This lists the
+new messages in the user's inbox.
+
 imap://user:password@mail.example.com/INBOX/;UID=1 - Selects the user's inbox
 and fetches message 1