diff --git a/test/examples/images/big.png b/test/examples/images/big.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b35084a36
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diff --git a/test/examples/images/tiny.png b/test/examples/images/tiny.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea062c1e1c
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diff --git a/test/examples/make.jl b/test/examples/make.jl
index b2e4024462..5001b93598 100644
--- a/test/examples/make.jl
+++ b/test/examples/make.jl
@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ module AutoDocs
     end
 end
 
+struct MIMEBytes{M <: MIME}
+    bytes :: Vector{UInt8}
+    MIMEBytes(mime::AbstractString, bytes::AbstractVector{UInt8}) = new{MIME{Symbol(mime)}}(bytes)
+end
+Base.show(io::IO, ::M, obj::MIMEBytes{M}) where {M <: MIME} = write(io, obj.bytes)
+
+const BIGPNG = MIMEBytes("image/png", read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "images", "big.png")))
+const TINYPNG = MIMEBytes("image/png", read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "images", "tiny.png")))
+
 # Helper functions
 function withassets(f, assets...)
     src(asset) = joinpath(@__DIR__, asset)
diff --git a/test/examples/src/index.md b/test/examples/src/index.md
index f4ce44aae0..a0d5dce330 100644
--- a/test/examples/src/index.md
+++ b/test/examples/src/index.md
@@ -655,3 +655,12 @@ They do not get evaluated.
 
 !!! ukw "Unknown admonition class"
     Admonition with an unknown admonition class.
+
+## Example outputs to file
+
+```@example
+Main.BIGPNG
+```
+```@example
+Main.TINYPNG
+```
diff --git a/test/examples/src/man/tutorial.md b/test/examples/src/man/tutorial.md
index 1555a513b4..c2727a0eb3 100644
--- a/test/examples/src/man/tutorial.md
+++ b/test/examples/src/man/tutorial.md
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ SVG("""
 Large inline SVG to exceed size threashold.
 
 ```@example inlinesvg
-jlcolors = download(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaLang/julia-logo-graphics/master/images/julia-colors.svg)
-open(io->read(io, String), jlcolors) |> SVG
+# jlcolors = download(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaLang/julia-logo-graphics/master/images/julia-colors.svg)
+# open(io->read(io, String), jlcolors) |> SVG
 ```
 
 _Note: we can't define the `show` method in the `@example` block due to the world age
diff --git a/test/examples/tests.jl b/test/examples/tests.jl
index 32fc9c95c0..4054add022 100644
--- a/test/examples/tests.jl
+++ b/test/examples/tests.jl
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ end
                 @test haskey(siteinfo_json["documenter"], "julia_version")
                 @test haskey(siteinfo_json["documenter"], "generation_timestamp")
             end
+
+            @testset "at-example outputs" begin
+                @show build_dir
+                @test isfile(joinpath(build_dir, "index-40245173.png"))
+                @test read(joinpath(build_dir, "index-40245173.png")) == read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "images", "big.png"))
+            end
         end
     end