diff --git a/reference/image/functions/imagestring.xml b/reference/image/functions/imagestring.xml
index 262c0b5978..65ecb94d4d 100644
--- a/reference/image/functions/imagestring.xml
+++ b/reference/image/functions/imagestring.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/image.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.imagestring">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -25,6 +25,31 @@
      0, 0) in color <parameter>col</parameter>.  If font is 1, 2, 3, 4
      or 5, a built-in font is used.
     </para>
+    <para>
+     <example>
+      <title><function>imagestring</function> example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+  // create a 100*30 image
+  $im = imagecreate(100, 30);
+
+  // white background and blue text
+  $bg = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
+  $textcolor = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 255);
+  
+  // write the string at the top left
+  imagestring($im, 5, 0, 0, "Hello world!", $textcolor);
+  
+  // output the image
+  header("Content-type: image/jpg");
+  imagejpeg($im);
+?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
+    </para>
     <para>
      See also <function>imageloadfont</function>.
     </para>