2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/ls.cc b/src/nix/ls.cc
index 69620595d8ca..e99622faf472 100644
--- a/src/nix/ls.cc
+++ b/src/nix/ls.cc
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ struct CmdLsStore : StoreCommand, MixLs
         expectArg("path", &path);
     }
 
+    Examples examples() override
+    {
+        return {
+            Example{
+                "To list the contents of a store path in a binary cache:",
+                "nix ls-store --store https://cache.nixos.org/ -lR /nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10"
+            },
+        };
+    }
+
     std::string name() override
     {
         return "ls-store";
@@ -116,6 +126,16 @@ struct CmdLsNar : Command, MixLs
         expectArg("path", &path);
     }
 
+    Examples examples() override
+    {
+        return {
+            Example{
+                "To list a specific file in a NAR:",
+                "nix ls-nar -l hello.nar /bin/hello"
+            },
+        };
+    }
+
     std::string name() override
     {
         return "ls-nar";
diff --git a/src/nix/run.cc b/src/nix/run.cc
index ade87e63a49c..822654daf488 100644
--- a/src/nix/run.cc
+++ b/src/nix/run.cc
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ struct CmdRun : InstallablesCommand
                 "To run GNU Hello:",
                 "nix run nixpkgs.hello -c hello --greeting 'Hi everybody!'"
             },
+            Example{
+                "To run GNU Hello in a chroot store:",
+                "nix run --store ~/my-nix nixpkgs.hello -c hello"
+            },
         };
     }