diff --git a/dev-python/pysvn/pysvn-1.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pysvn/pysvn-1.8.0.ebuild
index e5d65aa19fa92..f64c4e01c59c1 100644
--- a/dev-python/pysvn/pysvn-1.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pysvn/pysvn-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ python_install() {
 
 python_install_all() {
 	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( Docs/. )
-	use examples && local EXAMPLES=( Examples/Client/. )
+	if use examples; then
+		docinto examples
+		dodoc -r Examples/Client/.
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
+
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
 }
diff --git a/dev-python/pysvn/pysvn-1.9.11.ebuild b/dev-python/pysvn/pysvn-1.9.11.ebuild
index 2e18b73b9b471..1f1576d73835f 100644
--- a/dev-python/pysvn/pysvn-1.9.11.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pysvn/pysvn-1.9.11.ebuild
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ python_install() {
 
 python_install_all() {
 	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( Docs/. )
-	use examples && local EXAMPLES=( Examples/Client/. )
+	if use examples; then
+		docinto examples
+		dodoc -r Examples/Client/.
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
+
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
 }