diff --git a/doc/en/writing_plugins.rst b/doc/en/writing_plugins.rst
index a0a85ed90..aa361799b 100644
--- a/doc/en/writing_plugins.rst
+++ b/doc/en/writing_plugins.rst
@@ -390,32 +390,41 @@ additionally it is possible to copy examples for a example folder before running
 
 .. code:: ini
 
-  # contents of pytest.ini
+  # content of pytest.ini
   [pytest]
   pytester_example_dir = .
 
 
 .. code:: python
 
-    # contents of test_example.py
+    # content of test_example.py
 
 
     def test_plugin(testdir):
       testdir.copy_example("test_example.py")
-      testdir.runpytest("-k 'not test_plugin'")
+      testdir.runpytest("-k", "test_example")
 
     def test_example():
       pass
 
 .. code::
 
-    $ pytest -k test_plugin
+    $ pytest
     =========================== test session starts ============================
     platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-3.x.y, py-1.x.y, pluggy-0.x.y
-    rootdir: $REGENDOC_TMPDIR, inifile:
-    collected 0 items
+    rootdir: $REGENDOC_TMPDIR, inifile: pytest.ini
+    collected 2 items
+
+    test_example.py ..                                                   [100%]
+
+    ============================= warnings summary =============================
+    test_example.py::test_plugin
+      $REGENDOC_TMPDIR/test_example.py:4: PytestExerimentalApiWarning: testdir.copy_example is an experimental api that may change over time
+        testdir.copy_example("test_example.py")
+
+    -- Docs: http://doc.pytest.org/en/latest/warnings.html
+    =================== 2 passed, 1 warnings in 0.12 seconds ===================
 
-    ======================= no tests ran in 0.12 seconds =======================
 For more information about the result object that ``runpytest()`` returns, and
 the methods that it provides please check out the :py:class:`RunResult
 <_pytest.pytester.RunResult>` documentation.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/experiments.py b/src/_pytest/experiments.py
index da2f19d39..aa6b66446 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/experiments.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/experiments.py
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 class PytestExerimentalApiWarning(FutureWarning):
     "warning category used to denote experiments in pytest"
 
+    @classmethod
+    def simple(cls, apiname):
+        return cls(
+            "{apiname} is an experimental api that may change over time".format(
+                apiname=apiname
+            )
+        )
 
-PYTESTER_COPY_EXAMPLE = PytestExerimentalApiWarning()
+
+PYTESTER_COPY_EXAMPLE = PytestExerimentalApiWarning.simple("testdir.copy_example")