diff --git a/skimage/draw/draw.py b/skimage/draw/draw.py
index f262b1c2..72093d7b 100644
--- a/skimage/draw/draw.py
+++ b/skimage/draw/draw.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ def ellipse(cy, cx, yradius, xradius, shape=None):
         May be used to directly index into an array, e.g.
         ``img[rr, cc] = 1``.
 
-
     Examples
     --------
     >>> from skimage.draw import ellipse
@@ -89,6 +88,25 @@ def circle(cy, cx, radius, shape=None):
     Notes
     -----
         This function is a wrapper for skimage.draw.ellipse()
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from skimage.draw import circle
+    >>> img = np.zeros((10, 10), dtype=np.uint8)
+    >>> rr, cc = circle(4, 4, 5)
+    >>> img[rr, cc] = 1
+    >>> img
+    array([[0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0],
+           [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
+           [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
+           [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
+           [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
+           [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
+           [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=uint8)
+
     """
 
     return ellipse(cy, cx, radius, radius, shape)