diff --git a/gcc/doc/gcov.texi b/gcc/doc/gcov.texi
index 61250c9407e..22e42da2ea6 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/gcov.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/gcov.texi
@@ -528,7 +528,8 @@ for each line.  For example, if your program is called @file{tmp.cpp}, this
 is what you see when you use the basic @command{gcov} facility:
 
 @smallexample
-$ g++ --coverage tmp.cpp
+$ g++ --coverage tmp.cpp -c
+$ g++ --coverage tmp.o
 $ a.out
 $ gcov tmp.cpp -m
 File 'tmp.cpp'