diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.1 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
index a99c4438690..4ee3c929598 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	[id for your version control system, if any]
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\" Note: All FreeBSD man pages should have a FreeBSD revision
+.\" control id to make it easier for translation teams to track
+.\" changes.
 .\"
 .\" Note: The date here should be updated whenever a non-trivial
 .\" change is made to the manual page.
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.3 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
index 1b75cf81510..8d3f7c58fbf 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	[id for your version control system, if any]
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\" Note: All FreeBSD man pages should have a FreeBSD revision
+.\" control id to make it easier for translation teams to track
+.\" changes.
 .\"
 .\" Note: The date here should be updated whenever a non-trivial
 .\" change is made to the manual page.
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.4 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
index 182c4f5f0c2..e320863fb6a 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	[id for your version control system, if any]
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\" Note: All FreeBSD man pages should have a FreeBSD revision
+.\" control id to make it easier for translation teams to track
+.\" changes.
 .\"
 .\" Note: The date here should be updated whenever a non-trivial
 .\" change is made to the manual page.