diff --git a/reference/apc/apciterator/construct.xml b/reference/apc/apciterator/construct.xml
index c7dacadaf1..186529dbcb 100644
--- a/reference/apc/apciterator/construct.xml
+++ b/reference/apc/apciterator/construct.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,25 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title>A <function>APCIterator::__construct</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+foreach (new APCIterator('/^counter\./') as $counter) {
+  echo "$counter[key]: $counter[value]\n";
+  apc_dec($counter['key'], $counter['value']);
+}
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="seealso">
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <simplelist>