diff --git a/man/locale.conf.xml b/man/locale.conf.xml
index fa446a8e17..d36e7bda64 100644
--- a/man/locale.conf.xml
+++ b/man/locale.conf.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,19 @@
                 this file. For details about the meaning and semantics
                 of these settings, refer to
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Example</title>
+
+                <example>
+                        <title>German locale with english messages</title>
+
+                        <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf:</filename></para>
+
+                        <programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
+LC_MESSAGE=C</programlisting>
+                </example>
 
         </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/man/vconsole.conf.xml b/man/vconsole.conf.xml
index d6ac579918..a73db00d1c 100644
--- a/man/vconsole.conf.xml
+++ b/man/vconsole.conf.xml
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@
                 </variablelist>
         </refsect1>
 
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Example</title>
+
+                <example>
+                        <title>German keyboard and console</title>
+
+                        <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf:</filename></para>
+
+                        <programlisting>KEYMAP=de-latin1
+FONT=latarcyrheb-sun16</programlisting>
+                </example>
+
+        </refsect1>
+
         <refsect1>
                   <title>See Also</title>
                   <para>