diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/image_commands/README.rst b/bootstrapvz/plugins/image_commands/README.rst
index 5ed7e65..fd4e579 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/image_commands/README.rst
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/image_commands/README.rst
@@ -11,9 +11,22 @@ Settings
 
 -  ``commands``: A list of lists containing strings. Each top-level item
    is a single command, while the strings inside each list comprise
-   parts of a command. This allows for proper shell argument escaping
-   (to circumvent this, simply put the entire command in a single
-   string). In addition to the manifest variables ``{root}`` is also
-   available. It points at the root of the image volume.
+   parts of a command. This allows for proper shell argument escaping.
+   To circumvent escaping, simply put the entire command in a single
+   string, the command will additionally be evaluated in a shell
+   (e.g. globbing will work).
+   In addition to the manifest variables ``{root}`` is also available.
+   It points at the root of the image volume.
    ``required``
    ``manifest vars``
+
+Example
+~~~~~~~
+
+Create an empty `index.html` in `/var/www` and delete all locales except english.
+.. code:: yaml
+
+  image_commands:
+      commands:
+        - [touch, '{root}/var/www/index.html']
+        - ['rm -rf /usr/share/locale/[^en]*']