diff --git a/reference/ssh2/functions/ssh2-auth-password.xml b/reference/ssh2/functions/ssh2-auth-password.xml
index 52b112c677..381c99d59b 100644
--- a/reference/ssh2/functions/ssh2-auth-password.xml
+++ b/reference/ssh2/functions/ssh2-auth-password.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <!-- Generated by xml_proto.php v2.1. Found in /scripts directory of phpdoc. -->
   <refentry id="function.ssh2-auth-password">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -17,9 +17,26 @@
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>password</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
 
-    <para>
+    <simpara>
      Authenticate over SSH using a plain password
-    </para>
+    </simpara>
+
+    <example>
+     <title>Authenticating with a password</title>
+     <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22);
+
+if (ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'secret')) {
+  echo "Authentication Successful!\n";
+} else {
+  die('Authentication Failed...');
+}
+?>
+]]>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
 
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>