diff --git a/Modules/CTestCoverageCollectGCOV.cmake b/Modules/CTestCoverageCollectGCOV.cmake
index 0b4f3746c3..a4ca03a2ee 100644
--- a/Modules/CTestCoverageCollectGCOV.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CTestCoverageCollectGCOV.cmake
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ CTestCoverageCollectGCOV
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.2
 
-This module provides the ``ctest_coverage_collect_gcov`` function.
+This module provides the ``ctest_coverage_collect_gcov()`` function.
 
-This function runs gcov on all .gcda files found in the binary tree
-and packages the resulting .gcov files into a tar file.
+This function runs ``gcov`` on all ``.gcda`` files found in the binary tree
+and packages the resulting ``.gcov`` files into a tar file.
 This tarball also contains the following:
 
 * *data.json* defines the source and build directories for use by CDash.
@@ -26,13 +26,19 @@ After generating this tar file, it can be sent to CDash for display with the
 
   .. code-block:: cmake
 
-    ctest_coverage_collect_gcov(TARBALL <tarfile>
-      [SOURCE <source_dir>][BUILD <build_dir>]
+    ctest_coverage_collect_gcov(
+      TARBALL <tarfile>
+      [TARBALL_COMPRESSION <option>]
+      [SOURCE <source_dir>]
+      [BUILD <build_dir>]
       [GCOV_COMMAND <gcov_command>]
       [GCOV_OPTIONS <options>...]
-      )
+      [GLOB]
+      [DELETE]
+      [QUIET]
+    )
 
-  Run gcov and package a tar file for CDash.  The options are:
+  Run ``gcov`` and package a tar file for CDash.  The options are:
 
   ``TARBALL <tarfile>``
     Specify the location of the ``.tar`` file to be created for later
@@ -73,8 +79,9 @@ After generating this tar file, it can be sent to CDash for display with the
   ``GLOB``
     .. versionadded:: 3.6
 
-    Recursively search for .gcda files in build_dir rather than
-    determining search locations by reading TargetDirectories.txt.
+    Recursively search for ``.gcda`` files in ``<build_dir>`` rather than
+    determining search locations by reading ``CMakeFiles/TargetDirectories.txt``
+    (file generated by CMake at the generation phase).
 
   ``DELETE``
     .. versionadded:: 3.6
@@ -88,6 +95,20 @@ After generating this tar file, it can be sent to CDash for display with the
   .. versionadded:: 3.3
     Added support for the :variable:`CTEST_CUSTOM_COVERAGE_EXCLUDE` variable.
 
+Examples
+^^^^^^^^
+
+Generating code coverage data packaged as a ``.tar.gz`` file in a
+:option:`ctest -S` script:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+  include(CTestCoverageCollectGCOV)
+
+  ctest_coverage_collect_gcov(
+    TARBALL "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}/gcov.tar.gz"
+    TARBALL_COMPRESSION "GZIP"
+  )
 #]=======================================================================]
 
 function(ctest_coverage_collect_gcov)