diff --git a/reference/xmlwriter/functions/xmlwriter-set-indent.xml b/reference/xmlwriter/functions/xmlwriter-set-indent.xml
index fe5d501270..2e34e98896 100644
--- a/reference/xmlwriter/functions/xmlwriter-set-indent.xml
+++ b/reference/xmlwriter/functions/xmlwriter-set-indent.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,42 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <example xml:id="xmlwriter-set-indent.example.mixed-content">
+   <title><methodname>XMLWriter::setIndent</methodname> and mixed Content</title>
+   <para>
+    Enabling indentation is not suitable for mixed content, because the indent
+    string is also inserted before inline elements.
+   </para>
+   <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$writer = new XMLWriter();
+$writer->openMemory();
+$writer->setIndent(2);
+$writer->startDocument();
+$writer->startElement('p');
+$writer->text('before');
+$writer->writeElement('a', 'element');
+$writer->text('after');
+$writer->endElement();
+$writer->endDocument();
+echo $writer->outputMemory();
+?>
+]]>
+   </programlisting>
+   &example.outputs;
+   <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<p>before <a>element</a>
+after</p>
+]]>
+   </screen>
+  </example>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="notes">
   &reftitle.notes;
   <note>