diff --git a/reference/network/functions/getservbyname.xml b/reference/network/functions/getservbyname.xml
index b4ef2cc8d6..5075008082 100644
--- a/reference/network/functions/getservbyname.xml
+++ b/reference/network/functions/getservbyname.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/network.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.getservbyname">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -23,6 +23,27 @@
      <parameter>protocol</parameter> is either <literal>"tcp"</literal>
      or <literal>"udp"</literal> (in lowercase).
     </para>
+    <para>
+     <example>
+      <title><function>getservbyname</function> example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$services = array('http', 'ftp', 'ssh', 'telnet', 'imap', 
+'smtp', 'nicname', 'gopher', 'finger', 'pop3', 'www');
+
+foreach($services as $service) {                    
+    $port = getservbyname($service, 'tcp');
+    echo $service . ": " . $port . "<br>\n";
+}
+?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     For complete list of port numbers see: &url.network.port-numbers;.
+    </para>
     <para>
      See also: <function>getservbyport</function>.
     </para>