diff --git a/reference/solr/solrclient/deletebyquery.xml b/reference/solr/solrclient/deletebyquery.xml
index eb96855340..77c91bedd3 100644
--- a/reference/solr/solrclient/deletebyquery.xml
+++ b/reference/solr/solrclient/deletebyquery.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,36 @@
    </simplelist>
   </para>
  </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><methodname>SolrQuery::deleteByQuery</methodname> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+$options = array
+(
+    'hostname' => SOLR_SERVER_HOSTNAME,
+    'login'    => SOLR_SERVER_USERNAME,
+    'password' => SOLR_SERVER_PASSWORD,
+    'port'     => SOLR_SERVER_PORT,
+);
+
+$client = new SolrClient($options);
+
+//This will erase the entire index
+$client->deleteByQuery("*:*");
+$client->commit();
+
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
 
 </refentry>