diff --git a/tests/test-manpage.sh b/tests/test-manpage.sh
index 67eef8bf..9a43d422 100755
--- a/tests/test-manpage.sh
+++ b/tests/test-manpage.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fi
 
 RES=0
 # find all tools in src/tools (files without extension)
-TOOLS=`find "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/tools" -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -name "*.*" | sed -E -e "s|.*/([a-z0-9-]*).*|\1|"`
+TOOLS=`find "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/tools" -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -name "*.*" | sed -E -e "s|.*/([a-z0-9-]*).*|\1|" | grep -v -- -example`
 for T in $TOOLS; do
 	if [[ ! -f "${SOURCE_PATH}/doc/tools/$T.1.xml" ]]; then
 		echo "Missing manual page for '$T'"