diff --git a/frontend/main.c b/frontend/main.c
index 43073eb0..b2a7b2f8 100644
--- a/frontend/main.c
+++ b/frontend/main.c
@@ -653,11 +653,11 @@ usage(int error_code)
 	FILE *out = error_code == EXIT_SUCCESS ? stdout : stderr;
 
 	fprintf(out,
-		"Usage: weston [OPTIONS]\n\n"
+		"Usage: weston [OPTIONS] [-- program [arguments]]\n\n"
 		"This is weston version " VERSION ", the Wayland reference compositor.\n"
 		"Weston supports multiple backends, and depending on which backend is in use\n"
-		"different options will be accepted.\n\n"
-
+		"different options will be accepted. When '--' is used, Weston executes\n"
+		"program when it starts. Weston terminates when the program exits.\n\n"
 
 		"Core options:\n\n"
 		"  --version\t\tPrint weston version\n"
diff --git a/man/weston.man b/man/weston.man
index 7984e767..8c5db78e 100644
--- a/man/weston.man
+++ b/man/weston.man
@@ -366,6 +366,17 @@ The directory for Weston's socket and lock files.
 Wayland clients will automatically use this.
 .
 .\" ***************************************************************
+.SH PROGRAM EXECUTION
+It is possible to execute a program that will be run by Weston.
+.TP
+By using this syntax :
+weston [options] -- [program [arguments]]
+.PP
+The '--' here is mandatory to execute a program. There are examples in the
+.BR EXAMPLES
+section.
+.
+.\" ***************************************************************
 .SH BUGS
 Bugs should be reported to
 .BR https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/ "."
@@ -384,6 +395,12 @@ weston --xwayland
 WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 weston -Swayland-1
 .IP "From an X terminal, launch Weston with the x11 backend"
 weston
+.IP "Launch Weston and make it start weston-terminal"
+weston -- /usr/local/bin/weston-terminal
+.IP "Launch Weston with the kiosk shell and make it start weston-simple-egl"
+weston --shell=kiosk-shell.so -- /usr/local/bin/weston-simple-egl
+.IP "Launch Weston with the kiosk shell and open a pdf document with mupdf"
+weston --shell=kiosk-shell.so -- mupdf /home/user/Documents/krh/wayland.pdf
 .
 .\" ***************************************************************
 .SH "SEE ALSO"