diff --git a/lib/linguist/documentation.yml b/lib/linguist/documentation.yml
index f95a547d..cd6d2074 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/documentation.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/documentation.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - (^|/)[Dd]ocumentation/
 - (^|/)javadoc/
 - ^man/
+- ^[Ee]xamples/
 
 ## Documentation files ##
 
diff --git a/test/test_blob.rb b/test/test_blob.rb
index 976c83ff..691b2149 100644
--- a/test/test_blob.rb
+++ b/test/test_blob.rb
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ class TestBlob < Minitest::Test
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CHANGE.md"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CHANGE.txt"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("foo/CHANGE"), :documentation?
-    
+
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CHANGELOG"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CHANGELOG.md"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CHANGELOG.txt"), :documentation?
@@ -526,13 +526,16 @@ class TestBlob < Minitest::Test
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CHANGES"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CHANGES.md"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CHANGES.txt"), :documentation?
-    assert_predicate fixture_blob("foo/CHANGES"), :documentation?    
-    
+    assert_predicate fixture_blob("foo/CHANGES"), :documentation?
+
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CONTRIBUTING"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CONTRIBUTING.md"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("CONTRIBUTING.txt"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("foo/CONTRIBUTING"), :documentation?
 
+    assert_predicate fixture_blob("examples/some-file.pl"), :documentation?
+    assert_predicate fixture_blob("Examples/some-example-file.rb"), :documentation?
+
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("LICENSE"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("LICENCE.md"), :documentation?
     assert_predicate fixture_blob("LICENSE.txt"), :documentation?