diff --git a/src/geovista/examples/README.rst b/src/geovista/examples/README.rst
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--- a/src/geovista/examples/README.rst
+++ b/src/geovista/examples/README.rst
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@
 Examples Gallery
 ****************
 
-An interactive gallery of the ``geovista.examples``.
+Enjoy this interactive gallery, which aims to highlight the growing capabilities and
+features of ``geovista``.
+
+The gallery is generated from a sample of the ``geovista.examples``, which can also
+be run from the command line::
+
+  geovista examples --run all --verbose