diff --git a/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_cpp_simple_action_signature-snippet.h b/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_cpp_simple_action_signature-snippet.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3b72cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_cpp_simple_action_signature-snippet.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+void simpleActionFunction(
+  TaskContext & task_context
+) {
+  // something useful
+}
diff --git a/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_cpp_simple_start_task-snippet.h b/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_cpp_simple_start_task-snippet.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77c7856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_cpp_simple_start_task-snippet.h
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+  int result;
+  embb::mtapi::Task task = node.Start(simpleActionFunction);