diff --git a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/stream/operators/Source/single.md b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/stream/operators/Source/single.md
index 92dfdad3bc..8541e26b6d 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/stream/operators/Source/single.md
+++ b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/stream/operators/Source/single.md
@@ -25,3 +25,12 @@ Stream a single object
 
 @@@
 
+## Examples
+
+Scala
+:  @@snip [source.scala]($akka$/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/SourceSpec.scala) { #imports #source-single }
+
+Java
+:   @@snip [source.java]($akka$/akka-stream-tests/src/test/java/akka/stream/javadsl/SourceTest.java) { #imports #source-single }
+
+
diff --git a/akka-stream-tests/src/test/java/akka/stream/javadsl/SourceTest.java b/akka-stream-tests/src/test/java/akka/stream/javadsl/SourceTest.java
index 6a33288fb4..c75e120bab 100644
--- a/akka-stream-tests/src/test/java/akka/stream/javadsl/SourceTest.java
+++ b/akka-stream-tests/src/test/java/akka/stream/javadsl/SourceTest.java
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import akka.actor.Status;
 import akka.japi.Pair;
 import akka.japi.function.*;
 import akka.japi.pf.PFBuilder;
+//#imports
 import akka.stream.*;
+
+//#imports
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.FlowSpec;
 import akka.util.ConstantFun;
 import akka.stream.stage.*;
@@ -328,6 +331,22 @@ public class SourceTest extends StreamTest {
     assertEquals("A", result);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void mustBeAbleToUseSingle() throws Exception {
+    //#source-single
+    CompletionStage<List<String>> future = Source.single("A").runWith(Sink.seq(), materializer);
+    CompletableFuture<List<String>> completableFuture = future.toCompletableFuture();
+    completableFuture.thenAccept(result -> System.out.printf("collected elements: %s\n", result));
+    // result list will contain exactly one element "A"
+
+    //#source-single
+    // DO NOT use get() directly in your production code!
+    List<String> result = completableFuture.get();
+    assertEquals(1, result.size());
+    assertEquals("A", result.get(0));
+
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void mustBeAbleToUsePrefixAndTail() throws Exception {
     final TestKit probe = new TestKit(system);
diff --git a/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/SourceSpec.scala b/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/SourceSpec.scala
index abda45820e..a46a06a214 100644
--- a/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/SourceSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/SourceSpec.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 package akka.stream.scaladsl
 
 import akka.testkit.DefaultTimeout
-import org.scalatest.time.{ Span, Millis }
+import org.scalatest.time.{ Millis, Span }
+
 import scala.concurrent.{ Await, Future }
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 //#imports
@@ -27,6 +28,19 @@ class SourceSpec extends StreamSpec with DefaultTimeout {
   implicit val config = PatienceConfig(timeout = Span(timeout.duration.toMillis, Millis))
 
   "Single Source" must {
+
+    "produce exactly one element" in {
+      implicit val ec = system.dispatcher
+      //#source-single
+      val s: Future[immutable.Seq[Int]] = Source.single(1).runWith(Sink.seq)
+      s.foreach(list ⇒ println(s"Collected elements: $list")) // prints: Collected elements: List(1)
+
+      //#source-single
+
+      s.futureValue should ===(immutable.Seq(1))
+
+    }
+
     "produce element" in {
       val p = Source.single(1).runWith(Sink.asPublisher(false))
       val c = TestSubscriber.manualProbe[Int]()