diff --git a/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt b/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt
index 202657a6c3b..8454f354236 100644
--- a/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt
+++ b/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt
@@ -477,6 +477,16 @@ Given a ``books`` collection that includes the following documents:
        "item" : "Monarchia",
        "price" : 14
    }
+   {
+      "_id" : 44,
+      "author" : "Tabucchi",
+      "born" : "Pisa"
+   }
+   {
+      "_id" : 55,
+      "item" : "Codex Urbinas",
+      "price" : 12
+   }
 
 The following command uses the ``multi`` parameter to update all
 documents where ``author`` is ``"Dante"`` and uses the *upsert*