diff --git a/reference/xmlwriter/functions/xmlwriter-start-attribute.xml b/reference/xmlwriter/functions/xmlwriter-start-attribute.xml
index 9b6028c218..601182fbf9 100644
--- a/reference/xmlwriter/functions/xmlwriter-start-attribute.xml
+++ b/reference/xmlwriter/functions/xmlwriter-start-attribute.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,34 @@
+
+ &reftitle.examples;
+
+ Basic XMLWriter::startAttribute Usage
+
+openURI('php://output');
+$writer->startDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');?>
+$writer->startElement('element');
+$writer->startAttribute('attribute');
+$writer->text('value');
+$writer->endAttribute();
+$writer->endElement();
+$writer->endDocument();
+]]>
+
+ &example.outputs.similar;
+
+
+
+]]>
+
+
+
+
&reftitle.seealso;