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+Rustdoc will automatically scrape examples of documented items from the `examples/` directory of a project. These examples will be included within the generated documentation for that item. For example, if your library contains a public function:
+
+```rust
+// src/lib.rs
+pub fn a_func() {}
+```
+
+And you have an example calling this function:
+
+```rust
+// examples/ex.rs
+fn main() {
+ a_crate::a_func();
+}
+```
+
+Then this code snippet will be included in the documentation for `a_func`.
+
+## How to read scraped examples
+
+Scraped examples are shown as blocks of code from a given file. The relevant item will be highlighted. If the file is larger than a couple lines, only a small window will be shown which you can expand by clicking &varr; in the top-right. If a file contains multiple instances of an item, you can use the &pr; and &sc; buttons to toggle through each instance.
+
+If there is more than one file that contains examples, then you should click "More examples" to see these examples.
+
+
+## How Rustdoc scrapes examples
+
+When you run `cargo doc`, Rustdoc will analyze all the crates that match Cargo's `--examples` filter for instances of items that occur in the crates being documented. Then Rustdoc will include the source code of these instances in the generated documentation.
+
+Rustdoc has a few techniques to ensure this doesn't overwhelm documentation readers, and that it doesn't blow up the page size:
+
+1. For a given item, a maximum of 5 examples are included in the page. The remaining examples are just links to source code.
+2. Only one example is shown by default, and the remaining examples are hidden behind a toggle.
+3. For a given file that contains examples, only the item containing the examples will be included in the generated documentation.