diff --git a/crypto/openssh/scp.1 b/crypto/openssh/scp.1
--- a/crypto/openssh/scp.1
+++ b/crypto/openssh/scp.1
@@ -294,6 +294,24 @@
 .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Ex -std scp
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Copy local file to remote host
+.Pp
+.D1 scp ./localfile.txt user@remotehost:/path/to/destfile.txt
+.Pp
+Copy local file to remote host home directory (will copy localfile.txt to
+~/localfile.txt on the remote host)
+.Pp
+.D1 scp ./localfile.txt user@remotehost:
+.Pp
+Copy file from remote host to local host
+.Pp
+.D1 scp user@remotehost:/var/log/auth.log /path/on/my/local/machine
+.Pp
+Copy folder recursive from remote host to local host
+(creates nginx folder locally)
+.Pp
+.D1 scp -r user@remotehost:/var/log/nginx ./
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr sftp 1 ,
 .Xr ssh 1 ,