From e9a31096f705ff036b85a5ce175f255480bd0cf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: the0xdev <161789357+the0xdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 05:48:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] reuse: add annotate example (#16543)

Co-authored-by: Managor <42655600+Managor@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pages/common/reuse.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pages/common/reuse.md b/pages/common/reuse.md
index e90deb5366..415c1ff631 100644
--- a/pages/common/reuse.md
+++ b/pages/common/reuse.md
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
 
 `reuse --root {{path/to/directory}} lint`
 
+- Add copyright statement to file:
+
+`reuse annotate {{[-c|--copyright]}} "{{your_name}} <{{your_email}}>" --fallback-dot-license {{path/to/file}}`
+
+- Add licence information to file:
+
+`reuse annotate {{[-l|--license]}} {{spdx_identifier}} --fallback-dot-license {{path/to/file}}`
+
 - Download a license by its SPDX identifier and place it in the LICENSES directory:
 
 `reuse download {{spdx-identifier}}`