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diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.sgml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.sgml
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--- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.sgml
@@ -518,6 +518,17 @@ for i in Sections do
    </VariableList>
  </RefSect1>
 
+<RefSect1><Title>Examples</>
+
+<para>To create a compressed Packages file for a directory containing
+binary packages (.deb):
+
+<programlisting
+<command/apt-ftparchive/ packages <replaceable/directory/ | <command/gzip/ > <filename/Packages.gz/
+</programlisting>
+
+</RefSect1>
+
  <RefSect1><Title>See Also</>
    <para>
    &apt-conf;