--- a/src/ov.cc
+++ b/src/ov.cc
@@ -1951,6 +1951,25 @@
 are @samp{\"()\"}, @samp{\"@{@}\"}, and @samp{\".\"}.\n\
 The @samp{subs} field may be either @samp{\":\"} or a cell array\n\
 of index values.\n\
+\n\
+The following example shows how to extract the two first columns of\n\
+a matrix\n\
+\n\
+@example\n\
+val = magic(3)\n\
+     @result{} val = [ 8   1   6\n\
+                3   5   7\n\
+                4   9   2 ]\n\
+idx.type = \"()\";\n\
+idx.subs = @{\":\", 1:2@};\n\
+subsref(val, idx)\n\
+     @result{} [ 8   1 \n\
+          3   5 \n\
+          4   9 ]\n\
+@end example\n\
+\n\
+@noindent\n\
+Note that this is the same as writing @code{val(:,1:2)}.\n\
 @seealso{subsasgn, substruct}\n\
 @end deftypefn")
 {
@@ -1983,6 +2002,21 @@
 are @samp{\"()\"}, @samp{\"@{@}\"}, and @samp{\".\"}.\n\
 The @samp{subs} field may be either @samp{\":\"} or a cell array\n\
 of index values.\n\
+\n\
+The following example shows how to set the two first columns of a\n\
+3-by-3 matrix to zero.\n\
+\n\
+@example\n\
+val = magic(3);\n\
+idx.type = \"()\";\n\
+idx.subs = @{\":\", 1:2@};\n\
+subsasgn (val, idx, 0)\n\
+     @result{} [ 0   0   6\n\
+          0   0   7\n\
+          0   0   2 ]\n\
+@end example\n\
+\n\
+Note that this is the same as writing @code{val(:,1:2) = 0}.\n\
 @seealso{subsref, substruct}\n\
 @end deftypefn")
 {