diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/progress.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/progress.mdwn
index 529f1c3c1..c619ef3fc 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/progress.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/progress.mdwn
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ discussion pages:
 
 	\[[!progress totalpages="* and !*/Discussion" donepages="*/Discussion"]]
 
+Which would result in the following:
+
+[[!progress totalpages="* and !*/Discussion" donepages="*/Discussion"]]
+
 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]