diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index d69c11c..b1c06b1 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -931,7 +931,17 @@
 \member{st_mtime} (time of most recent content modification),
 \member{st_ctime}
 (platform dependent; time of most recent metadata change on \UNIX, or
-the time of creation on Windows).
+the time of creation on Windows):
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+>>> import os
+>>> statinfo = os.stat('somefile.txt')
+>>> statinfo
+(33188, 422511L, 769L, 1, 1032, 100, 926L, 1105022698,1105022732, 1105022732)
+>>> statinfo.st_size
+926L
+>>>
+\end{verbatim}
 
 \versionchanged [If \function{stat_float_times} returns true, the time
 values are floats, measuring seconds. Fractions of a second may be