diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcompileall.tex b/Doc/lib/libcompileall.tex
index d39a548..3e9667d 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcompileall.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcompileall.tex
@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@
   \function{compile_dir()} function.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+To force a recompile of all the \file{.py} files in the \file{Lib/}
+subdirectory and all its subdirectories:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+import compileall
+
+compileall.compile_dir('Lib/', force=True)
+
+# Perform same compilation, excluding files in .svn directories.
+import re
+compileall.compile_dir('Lib/', rx=re.compile('/[.]svn'), force=True)
+\end{verbatim}
+
 
 \begin{seealso}
   \seemodule[pycompile]{py_compile}{Byte-compile a single source file.}