diff --git a/skimage/draw/draw.py b/skimage/draw/draw.py
index 72093d7b..d01bc2b0 100644
--- a/skimage/draw/draw.py
+++ b/skimage/draw/draw.py
@@ -131,6 +131,24 @@ def set_color(img, coords, color):
     img : (M, N, D) ndarray
         The updated image.
 
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from skimage.draw import line, set_color
+    >>> img = np.zeros((10, 10), dtype=np.uint8)
+    >>> rr, cc = line(1, 1, 20, 20)
+    >>> set_color(img, (rr, cc), 1)
+    >>> img
+    array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]], dtype=uint8)
+
     """
 
     rr, cc = coords