From 6c3d2501f2b507143df0b3159aa576b1eca56dcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:16:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs: provide simple example in README

---
 README.md | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fdb72ed..bdda364 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ addlicense requires go 1.16 or later.
     -ignore file patterns to ignore, for example: -ignore **/*.go -ignore vendor/**
 
 The pattern argument can be provided multiple times, and may also refer
-to single files.
+to single files.  Directories are processed recursively.
+
+For example, to run addlicense across everything in the current directory and
+all subdirectories:
+
+    addlicense .
 
 The `-ignore` flag can use any pattern [supported by
 doublestar](https://github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar#patterns).