diff --git a/doc/examples/11_file_info.c b/doc/examples/11_file_info.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c38c041
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+++ b/doc/examples/11_file_info.c
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+/// \file       11_file_info.c
+/// \brief      Get uncmopressed size of .xz file(s)
+///
+/// Usage:      ./11_file_info INFILE1.xz [INFILEn.xz]...
+///
+/// Example:    ./11_file_info foo.xz
+//
+//  Author:     Lasse Collin
+//
+//  This file has been put into the public domain.
+//  You can do whatever you want with this file.
+//
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <lzma.h>
+
+
+static bool
+print_file_size(lzma_stream *strm, FILE *infile, const char *filename)
+{
+	// Get the file size. In standard C it can be done by seeking to
+	// the end of the file and then getting the file position.
+	// In POSIX one can use fstat() and then st_size from struct stat.
+	// Also note that fseek() and ftell() use long and thus don't support
+	// large files on 32-bit systems (POSIX versions fseeko() and
+	// ftello() can support large files).
+	if (fseek(infile, 0, SEEK_END)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error seeking the file `%s': %s\n",
+				filename, strerror(errno));
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	const long file_size = ftell(infile);
+
+	// The decoder wants to start from the beginning of the .xz file.
+	rewind(infile);
+
+	// Initialize the decoder.
+	lzma_index *i;
+	lzma_ret ret = lzma_file_info_decoder(strm, &i, UINT64_MAX,
+			(uint64_t)file_size);
+	switch (ret) {
+	case LZMA_OK:
+		// Initialization succeeded.
+		break;
+
+	case LZMA_MEM_ERROR:
+		fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory when initializing "
+				"the .xz file info decoder\n");
+		return false;
+
+	case LZMA_PROG_ERROR:
+	default:
+		fprintf(stderr, "Unknown error, possibly a bug\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// This example program reuses the same lzma_stream structure
+	// for multiple files, so we need to reset this when starting
+	// a new file.
+	strm->avail_in = 0;
+
+	// Buffer for input data.
+	uint8_t inbuf[BUFSIZ];
+
+	// Pass data to the decoder and seek when needed.
+	while (true) {
+		if (strm->avail_in == 0) {
+			strm->next_in = inbuf;
+			strm->avail_in = fread(inbuf, 1, sizeof(inbuf),
+					infile);
+
+			if (ferror(infile)) {
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"Error reading from `%s': %s\n",
+					filename, strerror(errno));
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			// We don't need to care about hitting the end of
+			// the file so no need to check for feof().
+		}
+
+		ret = lzma_code(strm, LZMA_RUN);
+
+		switch (ret) {
+		case LZMA_OK:
+			break;
+
+		case LZMA_SEEK_NEEDED:
+			// The cast is safe because liblzma won't ask us to
+			// seek past the known size of the input file which
+			// did fit into a long.
+			//
+			// NOTE: Remember to change these to off_t if you
+			// switch fseeko() or lseek().
+			if (fseek(infile, (long)(strm->seek_pos), SEEK_SET)) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "Error seeking the "
+						"file `%s': %s\n",
+						filename, strerror(errno));
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			// The old data in the inbuf is useless now. Set
+			// avail_in to zero so that we will read new input
+			// from the new file position on the next iteration
+			// of this loop.
+			strm->avail_in = 0;
+			break;
+
+		case LZMA_STREAM_END:
+			// File information was successfully decoded.
+			// See <lzma/index.h> for functions that can be
+			// used on it. In this example we just print
+			// the uncompressed size (in bytes) of
+			// the .xz file followed by its file name.
+			printf("%10" PRIu64 " %s\n",
+					lzma_index_uncompressed_size(i),
+					filename);
+
+			// Free the memory of the lzma_index structure.
+			lzma_index_end(i, NULL);
+
+			return true;
+
+		case LZMA_FORMAT_ERROR:
+			// .xz magic bytes weren't found.
+			fprintf(stderr, "The file `%s' is not "
+					"in the .xz format\n", filename);
+			return false;
+
+		case LZMA_OPTIONS_ERROR:
+			fprintf(stderr, "The file `%s' has .xz headers that "
+					"are not supported by this liblzma "
+					"version\n", filename);
+			return false;
+
+		case LZMA_DATA_ERROR:
+			fprintf(stderr, "The file `%s' is corrupt\n",
+					filename);
+			return false;
+
+		case LZMA_MEM_ERROR:
+			fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed when "
+					"decoding the file `%s'\n", filename);
+			return false;
+
+		// LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR shouldn't happen because we used
+		// UINT64_MAX as the limit.
+		//
+		// LZMA_BUF_ERROR shouldn't happen because we always provide
+		// new input when the input buffer is empty. The decoder
+		// knows the input file size and thus won't try to read past
+		// the end of the file.
+		case LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR:
+		case LZMA_BUF_ERROR:
+		case LZMA_PROG_ERROR:
+		default:
+			fprintf(stderr, "Unknown error, possibly a bug\n");
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// This line is never reached.
+}
+
+
+extern int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	bool success = true;
+	lzma_stream strm = LZMA_STREAM_INIT;
+
+	for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+		FILE *infile = fopen(argv[i], "rb");
+
+		if (infile == NULL) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open the file `%s': %s\n",
+					argv[i], strerror(errno));
+			success = false;
+		}
+
+		success &= print_file_size(&strm, infile, argv[i]);
+
+		(void)fclose(infile);
+	}
+
+	lzma_end(&strm);
+
+	// Close stdout to catch possible write errors that can occur
+	// when pending data is flushed from the stdio buffers.
+	if (fclose(stdout)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Write error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		success = false;
+	}
+
+	return success ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
diff --git a/doc/examples/Makefile b/doc/examples/Makefile
index 0f3d185..e8839d8 100644
--- a/doc/examples/Makefile
+++ b/doc/examples/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 	01_compress_easy \
 	02_decompress \
 	03_compress_custom \
-	04_compress_easy_mt
+	04_compress_easy_mt \
+	11_file_info
 
 all: $(PROGS)