diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/reboot.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/reboot.py
index cb901e5caeb..ef00874e38f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/reboot.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/reboot.py
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
 - name: Reboot a slow machine that might have lots of updates to apply
   reboot:
     reboot_timeout: 3600
+
+- name: Reboot a machine with shutdown command in unusual place
+  reboot:
+    search_paths:
+     - '/lib/molly-guard'
 '''
 
 RETURN = r'''