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 [[example-plugins]]
 == Example plugins
 
-This folder contains example plugins.  To run the plugins in this folder, use the `--run-examples` flag, via
+This folder contains example plugins.  To run the plugins in this folder, use the `--run-examples` flag (without a basepath), via
 
 [source,bash]
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