diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ the coverage2sql command to populate the database with data from your test
 coverage file. coverage2sql takes in a `.coverage file`_ through by passing it
 file paths as positional arguments to the script at this moment.
 
+For example::
+
+    coverage2sql --config-file etc/coverage2sql.conf coverage2sql .coverage
+
 .. _.coverage file: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cmd.html#data-file
 
 There are several options for running coverage2sql, they can be listed with::
diff --git a/doc/source/user/index.rst b/doc/source/user/index.rst
index 00f53a8..a5a397d 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/index.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ the coverage2sql command to populate the database with data from your test
 coverage file. coverage2sql takes in a `.coverage file`_ through by passing it
 file paths as positional arguments to the script at this moment.
 
+For example::
+
+    coverage2sql --config-file etc/coverage2sql.conf coverage2sql .coverage
+
 .. _.coverage file: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cmd.html#data-file
 
 There are several options for running coverage2sql, they can be listed with::