diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_timeout.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_timeout.3
index e18b935cc..f0c907966 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_timeout.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_timeout.3
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\" *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 .\" *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 .\" *
-.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2011, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 .\" *
 .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -49,6 +49,22 @@ SHOULD instead use \fIcurl_multi_setopt(3)\fP and its
 Note: if libcurl returns a -1 timeout here, it just means that libcurl
 currently has no stored timeout value. You must not wait too long (more than a
 few seconds perhaps) before you call curl_multi_perform() again.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.nf
+struct timeval timeout;
+long timeo;
+
+curl_multi_timeout(multi_handle, &timeo);
+if(timeo < 0)
+  /* no set timeout, use a default */
+  timeo = 980;
+
+timeout.tv_sec = timeo / 1000;
+timeout.tv_usec = (timeo % 1000) * 1000;
+
+/* wait for activities no longer than the set timeout */
+select(maxfd+1, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &timeout);
+.fi
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 The standard CURLMcode for multi interface error codes.
 .SH "TYPICAL USAGE"