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@@ -389,11 +389,11 @@ somewhat from the patterns supported by Logstash. See <<regexp-support>> for a l
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 [options="header"]
 |=======================
-|Setting for `negate` | Setting for `match` | Result
-|`false`              | `after`             | Consecutive lines that match the pattern are appended to the previous line that doesn't match.
-|`false`              | `before`            | Consecutive lines that match the pattern are prepended to the next line that doesn't match.
-|`true`               | `after`             | Consecutive lines that don't match the pattern are appended to the previous line that does match.
-|`true`               | `before`            | Consecutive lines that don't match the pattern are prepended to the next line that does match.
+|Setting for `negate` | Setting for `match` | Result | Example `pattern: ^b`
+|`false`              | `after`             | Consecutive lines that match the pattern are appended to the previous line that doesn't match. | image:./images/false-after-multi.png[Lines a b b c b b become "abb" and "cbb"]
+|`false`              | `before`            | Consecutive lines that match the pattern are prepended to the next line that doesn't match. | image:./images/false-before-multi.png[Lines b b a b b c become "bba" and "bbc"]
+|`true`               | `after`             | Consecutive lines that don't match the pattern are appended to the previous line that does match. | image:./images/true-after-multi.png[Lines b a c b d e become "bac" and "bde"]
+|`true`               | `before`            | Consecutive lines that don't match the pattern are prepended to the next line that does match. | image:./images/true-before-multi.png[Lines a c b d e b become "acb" and "deb"]
 |=======================
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 NOTE: The `after` setting is equivalent to `previous` in https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-codecs-multiline.html[Logstash], and `before` is equivalent to `next`.