diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 13a3998..9cac088 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@
 	Show only commits between the named two commits.
 
 
+Examples
+--------
+git log --no-merges::
+
+	Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
+
+git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+	Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
+	in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk::
+
+	Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
+	The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+	'gitk'
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
index e6f57d9..6c150b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@
 	However, it is not very useful in general, although it
 	*is* useful on a file-by-file basis.
 
+Examples
+--------
+git-whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+	Show as patches the commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed
+	any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+git-whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk::
+
+	Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
+	The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+	'gitk'
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index e5ef6d6..eb126d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@
 	Some argument not yet documented.
 
 
+Examples
+--------
+gitk v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+	Show as the changes since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any
+	file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+gitk --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk::
+
+	Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
+	The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+	'gitk'
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>