diff --git a/examples/high-level-entities.rs b/examples/high-level-entities.rs
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+++ b/examples/high-level-entities.rs
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+//! This example demonstrate how custom entities can be extracted from the DOCTYPE
+//! and usage of the high-level `Reader` API.
+//!
+//! NB: this example is deliberately kept simple:
+//! * the regex in this example is simple but brittle;
+//! * it does not support the use of entities in entity declaration.
+
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::convert::Infallible;
+use std::io::{BufRead, Cursor};
+
+use quick_xml::events::{BytesEnd, BytesStart, BytesText};
+use quick_xml::reader::{Event, Entity, EntityResolver, Reader, RawReader};
+use regex::bytes::Regex;
+
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+
+const XML1: &str = r#"
+<!DOCTYPE test [
+<!ENTITY text "hello world" >
+<!ENTITY element1 "<dtd attr = 'Message: &text;'/>" >
+<!ENTITY element2 "<a>&element1;</a>" >
+]>
+<test label="Message: &text;">&element2;</test>
+&external;
+"#;
+
+/// Additional document which in reality would be referenced by
+/// `<!ENTITY external SYSTEM "URI to the document, for example, relative file path" >`
+const XML2: &str = r#"
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<external>text</external>
+"#;
+
+struct MyResolver<'i> {
+    /// Map of captured internal _parsed general entities_. _Parsed_ means that
+    /// value of the entity is parsed by XML reader.
+    entities: HashMap<Cow<'i, [u8]>, Cow<'i, [u8]>>,
+    /// In this example we use simple regular expression to capture entities from DTD.
+    /// In real application you should use DTD parser.
+    entity_re: Regex,
+}
+impl<'i> MyResolver<'i> {
+    fn new() -> Result<Self, regex::Error> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            entities: Default::default(),
+            // Capture "name" and "content" from such string:
+            // <!ENTITY name "content" >
+            entity_re: Regex::new(r#"<!ENTITY\s+([^ \t\r\n]+)\s+"([^"]*)"\s*>"#)?,
+        })
+    }
+    fn capture_borrowed(&mut self, doctype: &'i [u8]) {
+        for cap in self.entity_re.captures_iter(doctype) {
+            self.entities.insert(
+                cap.get(1).unwrap().as_bytes().into(),
+                cap.get(2).unwrap().as_bytes().into(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    fn capture_owned(&mut self, doctype: Vec<u8>) {
+        for cap in self.entity_re.captures_iter(&doctype) {
+            self.entities.insert(
+                cap.get(1).unwrap().as_bytes().to_owned().into(),
+                cap.get(2).unwrap().as_bytes().to_owned().into(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl<'i> EntityResolver<'i> for MyResolver<'i> {
+    type Error = Infallible;
+
+    fn capture(&mut self, doctype: BytesText<'i>) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        match doctype.into_inner() {
+            Cow::Borrowed(doctype) => self.capture_borrowed(doctype),
+            Cow::Owned(doctype) => self.capture_owned(doctype),
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn resolve(&self, entity: &str) -> Option<Entity<'i>> {
+        if entity == "external" {
+            return Some(Entity::External(Box::new(Cursor::new(XML2.as_bytes()))));
+        }
+        match self.entities.get(entity.as_bytes()) {
+            Some(Cow::Borrowed(replacement)) => Some(Entity::Internal(replacement)),
+            Some(Cow::Owned(replacement)) => {
+                Some(Entity::External(Box::new(Cursor::new(replacement.clone()))))
+            }
+            None => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// In this example the events will borrow from the first document
+fn borrowed() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let mut reader = RawReader::from_str(XML1);
+    reader.config_mut().trim_text(true);
+
+    let mut r = Reader::borrowed(reader, MyResolver::new()?);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        r.read_event()?,
+        Event::Start(BytesStart::from_content(
+            r#"test label="Message: &text;""#,
+            4
+        ))
+    );
+
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // This part was inserted into original document from entity defined in DTD
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::Start(BytesStart::new("a")));
+    assert_eq!(
+        r.read_event()?,
+        Event::Empty(BytesStart::from_content(
+            r#"dtd attr = 'Message: &text;'"#,
+            3
+        ))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::End(BytesEnd::new("a")));
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::End(BytesEnd::new("test")));
+
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Start of external document
+    assert_eq!(
+        r.read_event()?,
+        Event::Start(BytesStart::new("external"))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::Text(BytesText::new("text")));
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::End(BytesEnd::new("external")));
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::Eof);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// In this example the events will always copy data
+fn buffered() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let boxed: Box<dyn BufRead> = Box::new(Cursor::new(XML1.as_bytes()));
+    let mut reader = RawReader::from_reader(boxed);
+    reader.config_mut().trim_text(true);
+
+    let mut r = Reader::buffered(reader, MyResolver::new()?);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        r.read_event()?,
+        Event::Start(BytesStart::from_content(
+            r#"test label="Message: &text;""#,
+            4
+        ))
+    );
+
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // This part was inserted into original document from entity defined in DTD
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::Start(BytesStart::new("a")));
+    assert_eq!(
+        r.read_event()?,
+        Event::Empty(BytesStart::from_content(
+            r#"dtd attr = 'Message: &text;'"#,
+            3
+        ))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::End(BytesEnd::new("a")));
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::End(BytesEnd::new("test")));
+
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Start of external document
+    assert_eq!(
+        r.read_event()?,
+        Event::Start(BytesStart::new("external"))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::Text(BytesText::new("text")));
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::End(BytesEnd::new("external")));
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    assert_eq!(r.read_event()?, Event::Eof);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    // In this example the events will borrow from the first document
+    borrowed()?;
+    // In this example the events will always copy data
+    buffered()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/custom_entities.rs b/examples/low-level-entities.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from examples/custom_entities.rs
rename to examples/low-level-entities.rs
index 1c6e3bb4..a21ca4d4 100644
--- a/examples/custom_entities.rs
+++ b/examples/low-level-entities.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! This example demonstrate how custom entities can be extracted from the DOCTYPE,
-//! and later use to:
+//! usage of the low-level `RawReader` API, and later used to:
 //! - insert new pieces of document (particular case - insert only textual content)
 //! - decode attribute values
 //!