diff --git a/doc/api/path.markdown b/doc/api/path.markdown
index 3d9fa5ba9b..530dc440ca 100644
--- a/doc/api/path.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/path.markdown
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ string will be the contents of the `base` property.
 If the `base` property is not supplied, a concatenation of the `name` property
 and the `ext` property will be used as the `base` property.
 
+Examples:
+
+An example on Posix systems:
+
 ```js
 path.format({
     root : "/",
@@ -120,6 +124,19 @@ path.format({
 // returns '/file.txt'
 ```
 
+An example on Windows:
+
+```js
+path.format({
+    root : "C:\\",
+    dir : "C:\\path\\dir",
+    base : "file.txt",
+    ext : ".txt",
+    name : "file"
+})
+// returns 'C:\\path\\dir\\file.txt'
+```
+
 ## path.isAbsolute(path)
 
 Determines whether `path` is an absolute path. An absolute path will always