diff --git a/R/ageShift.R b/R/ageShift.R
index 06bb30ff5d0ed968f1e7a5b6b5fe9c29c4c58dac..edefc8be97935267ed4206173ee28f31cc5c8c93 100644
--- a/R/ageShift.R
+++ b/R/ageShift.R
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ NULL
 #' @param ... Other parameters (currently unused)
 #' @param YOB The birth year for which the age shift should be determined.
 #'
+#' @examples
+#' mortalityTables.load("Austria_Annuities")
+#' ageShift(AVOe2005R.male.av, YOB=1910)
+#' ageShift(AVOe2005R.male.av, YOB=1955)
+#' ageShift(AVOe2005R.male.av, YOB=2010)
+#'
 #' @exportMethod ageShift
 setGeneric("ageShift", function(object, YOB=1975, ...) standardGeneric("ageShift"));
 
diff --git a/R/ages.R b/R/ages.R
index ff9ea3d3edfc523582a8a0080d3ccf8e11d87785..1a6c7b552e9e8d497864afb0ce40bc9ebb8d9e7b 100644
--- a/R/ages.R
+++ b/R/ages.R
@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@ NULL
 #' @param object A life table object (instance of a \code{\linkS4class{mortalityTable}} class)
 #' @param ... Currently unused
 #'
+#' @examples
+#' mortalityTables.load("Austria_*", wildcard=TRUE)
+#' ages(AVOe2005R.male)
+#' ages(AVOe1996R.male)
+#' ages(mort.AT.census.2011.male)
+#'
 #' @exportMethod ages
 setGeneric("ages", function(object, ...) standardGeneric("ages"));
 
+
 #' @describeIn ages Return the defined ages of the period life table
 setMethod("ages", "mortalityTable.period",
           function (object, ...) {
diff --git a/R/baseTable.R b/R/baseTable.R
index 135057b828d2f87894482c9d961ee8972a2678a7..8197691264932e6061523bf5c70cc3f0ecdfb906 100644
--- a/R/baseTable.R
+++ b/R/baseTable.R
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ NULL
 #' @param object The life table object (class inherited from mortalityTable)
 #' @param ... Other parameters (currently unused)
 #'
+#' @examples
+#' mortalityTables.load("Austria_Annuities")
+#' baseTable(AVOe2005R.male)
+#'
 #' @exportMethod baseTable
 setGeneric("baseTable", function(object, ...) standardGeneric("baseTable"));
 
diff --git a/R/baseYear.R b/R/baseYear.R
index 653ca1b1c93f6b9a8e1fefd29d14a1c7e7da5a0d..9f659e637932f01fd3b07199c837372ff5df2088 100644
--- a/R/baseYear.R
+++ b/R/baseYear.R
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ NULL
 #' @param object The life table object (class inherited from mortalityTable)
 #' @param ... Other parameters (currently unused)
 #'
+#' @examples
+#' mortalityTables.load("Austria_Annuities")
+#' baseYear(AVOe2005R.male)
+#'
 #' @exportMethod baseYear
 setGeneric("baseYear", function(object, ...) standardGeneric("baseYear"));