diff --git a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/stream/operators/Source-or-Flow/watch.md b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/stream/operators/Source-or-Flow/watch.md
index e43ef076d3..6004b5d23b 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/stream/operators/Source-or-Flow/watch.md
+++ b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/stream/operators/Source-or-Flow/watch.md
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ Watch a specific `ActorRef` and signal a failure downstream once the actor termi
 The signaled failure will be an @java[@javadoc:[WatchedActorTerminatedException](akka.stream.WatchedActorTerminatedException)]
 @scala[@scaladoc[WatchedActorTerminatedException](akka.stream.WatchedActorTerminatedException)].
 
+## Example
+
+An `ActorRef` can be can be watched and the stream will fail with `WatchedActorTerminatedException` when the
+actor terminates. 
+
+Scala
+:   @@snip [Watch.scala](/akka-docs/src/test/scala/docs/stream/operators/sourceorflow/Watch.scala) { #watch }
+
+Java
+:   @@snip [SourceOrFlow.java](/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/stream/operators/SourceOrFlow.java) { #watch }
+
+
 ## Reactive Streams semantics
 
 @@@div { .callout }
diff --git a/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/stream/operators/SourceOrFlow.java b/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/stream/operators/SourceOrFlow.java
index df3711f469..91e5d605d1 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/stream/operators/SourceOrFlow.java
+++ b/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/stream/operators/SourceOrFlow.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 package jdocs.stream.operators;
 
+import akka.actor.ActorRef;
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
 import akka.japi.pf.PFBuilder;
 import akka.stream.javadsl.Flow;
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ import akka.stream.Attributes;
 // #log
 
 import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
@@ -426,4 +426,18 @@ class SourceOrFlow {
     // -1
     // #dropWhile
   }
+
+  void watchExample() {
+    // #watch
+    final ActorRef ref = someActor();
+    Flow<String, String, NotUsed> flow =
+        Flow.of(String.class)
+            .watch(ref)
+            .recover(akka.stream.WatchedActorTerminatedException.class, () -> ref + " terminated");
+    // #watch
+  }
+
+  private ActorRef someActor() {
+    return null;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/akka-docs/src/test/scala/docs/stream/operators/sourceorflow/Watch.scala b/akka-docs/src/test/scala/docs/stream/operators/sourceorflow/Watch.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0779df5509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs/src/test/scala/docs/stream/operators/sourceorflow/Watch.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package docs.stream.operators.sourceorflow
+
+import akka.NotUsed
+import akka.actor.ActorRef
+import akka.stream.WatchedActorTerminatedException
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow
+
+object Watch {
+
+  def someActor(): ActorRef = ???
+
+  def watchExample(): Unit = {
+    //#watch
+    val ref: ActorRef = someActor()
+    val flow: Flow[String, String, NotUsed] =
+      Flow[String].watch(ref).recover {
+        case _: WatchedActorTerminatedException => s"$ref terminated"
+      }
+    //#watch
+  }
+
+}