diff --git a/usr.bin/stat/stat.1 b/usr.bin/stat/stat.1
index aeff9bac534c..33e119648af1 100644
--- a/usr.bin/stat/stat.1
+++ b/usr.bin/stat/stat.1
@@ -438,6 +438,13 @@ which default to
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Ex -std stat readlink
 .Sh EXAMPLES
+If no options are specified, default format is
+"%d %i %Sp %l %Su %Sg %r %z \\"%Sa\\" \\"%Sm\\" \\"%Sc\\" \\"%SB\\" %k %b %#Xf %N".
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+\*[Gt] stat /tmp/bar
+0 78852 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 0 "Jul  8 10:26:03 2004" "Jul  8 10:26:03 2004" "Jul  8 10:28:13 2004" "Jan  1 09:00:00 1970" 16384 0 0 /tmp/bar
+.Ed
+.Pp
 Given a symbolic link
 .Pa foo
 that points from