diff --git a/man2/timer_getoverrun.2 b/man2/timer_getoverrun.2
index 8dd4e5489..dd03fad4f 100644
--- a/man2/timer_getoverrun.2
+++ b/man2/timer_getoverrun.2
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ if the timer overrun value exceeds the maximum representable integer,
 the counter cycles, starting once more from low values.
 .\" Bug filed: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12665
 .\" http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/113276/
+.SH EXAMPLE
+See
+.BR timer_create (2).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR clock_gettime (2),
 .BR sigaction (2),
diff --git a/man2/timer_settime.2 b/man2/timer_settime.2
index f74b1d9e0..5118ffdb5 100644
--- a/man2/timer_settime.2
+++ b/man2/timer_settime.2
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ is negative or greater than 999,999,999.
 These system calls are available since Linux 2.6.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 POSIX.1-2001
+.SH EXAMPLE
+See
+.BR timer_create (2).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR timer_create (2),
 .BR timer_settime (2),