From e87894ef045139b5dbb2982f3522b4694fd3d6c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alfie John <alfiej@fastmail.fm>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:44:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] doc: adding example for type definitions

---
 src/doc/reference.md | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/doc/reference.md b/src/doc/reference.md
index 4f0c9a504221..82b8428af777 100644
--- a/src/doc/reference.md
+++ b/src/doc/reference.md
@@ -1274,7 +1274,12 @@ specific type; the type-specified aspects of a value include:
 For example, the type `(u8, u8)` defines the set of immutable values that are
 composite pairs, each containing two unsigned 8-bit integers accessed by
 pattern-matching and laid out in memory with the `x` component preceding the
-`y` component.
+`y` component:
+
+```
+type Point = (u8, u8);
+let p: Point = (41, 68);
+```
 
 ### Structures