diff -r c82dcad83438 Doc/library/csv.rst
--- a/Doc/library/csv.rst	Fri Apr 18 17:00:50 2014 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/csv.rst	Thu Jun 26 19:22:51 2014 -0700
@@ -159,6 +159,16 @@
    the optional *restval* parameter.  Any other optional or keyword arguments
    are passed to the underlying :class:`reader` instance.
 
+   ::
+
+       >>> import csv
+       >>> with open('names.csv') as csvfile:
+       ...     reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
+       ...     for row in reader:
+       ...         print(row['first_name'], row['last_name'])
+       Baked Beans
+       Lovely Spam
+
 
 .. class:: DictWriter(csvfile, fieldnames, restval='', extrasaction='raise', \
                       dialect='excel', *args, **kwds)
@@ -181,6 +191,18 @@
    objects are not ordered, there is not enough information available to deduce
    the order in which the row should be written to the *csvfile*.
 
+   ::
+
+       import csv
+
+       with open('names.csv', 'w') as csvfile:
+           fieldnames = ['first_name', 'last_name']
+           writer = csv.DictWriter(csvfile, fieldnames=fieldnames)
+
+           writer.writeheader()
+           writer.writerow({'first_name': 'Baked', 'last_name': 'Beans'})
+           writer.writerow({'first_name': 'Lovely', 'last_name': 'Spam'})
+
 
 .. class:: Dialect