diff --git a/reference/pdo_firebird/reference.xml b/reference/pdo_firebird/reference.xml
index 334f05a4e0..5836176091 100644
--- a/reference/pdo_firebird/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/pdo_firebird/reference.xml
@@ -69,12 +69,34 @@
     &reftitle.examples;
     <para>
      <example>
-      <title>PDO_FIREBIRD DSN examples</title>
+      <title>PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with path</title>
       <para>
        The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
        Firebird databases:
        <programlisting><![CDATA[
-firebird:dbname=DATABASE.GDE
+firebird:dbname=/path/to/DATABASE.FDB
+]]>
+       </programlisting>
+      </para>
+     </example>
+     <example>
+      <title>PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with port and path</title>
+      <para>
+       The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
+       a Firebird database using hostname port and path:
+       <programlisting><![CDATA[
+firebird:dbname=hostname/port:/path/to/DATABASE.FDB
+]]>
+       </programlisting>
+      </para>
+     </example>
+     <example>
+      <title>PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with localhost and path to employee.fdb on Debian system</title>
+      <para>
+       The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to
+       a Firebird database employee.fdb using localhost:
+       <programlisting><![CDATA[
+firebird:dbname=localhost:/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/employee.fdb
 ]]>
        </programlisting>
       </para>