diff --git a/man/notify-selfcontained-example.c b/man/notify-selfcontained-example.c
index 9a7553e3013..39f0dbe3fda 100644
--- a/man/notify-selfcontained-example.c
+++ b/man/notify-selfcontained-example.c
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ static int notify_reloading(void) {
   return notify(reload_message);
 }
 
+static int notify_stopping(void) {
+  return notify("STOPPING=1");
+}
+
 static volatile sig_atomic_t reloading = 0;
 static volatile sig_atomic_t terminating = 0;
 
@@ -169,5 +173,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     sleep(5);
   }
 
+  r = notify_stopping();
+  if (r < 0) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Failed to report termination to $NOTIFY_SOCKET: %s\n", strerror(-r));
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  /* Do some shutdown work here … */
+
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }