diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/CharFilter.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/CharFilter.java
index 37cad99854e..60c62bf745a 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/CharFilter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/CharFilter.java
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ import java.io.Reader;
  * You can optionally provide more efficient implementations of additional methods 
  * like {@link #read()}, {@link #read(char[])}, {@link #read(java.nio.CharBuffer)},
  * but this is not required.
+ * <p>
+ * For examples and integration with {@link Analyzer}, see the 
+ * {@link org.apache.lucene.analysis Analysis package documentation}.
  */
 // the way java.io.FilterReader should work!
 public abstract class CharFilter extends Reader {
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/package.html b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/package.html
index 0495e488486..b298263dd7f 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/package.html
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/package.html
@@ -817,5 +817,30 @@ As a small hint, this is how the new Attribute class could begin:
 
   ...
 </pre>
+<h4>Adding a CharFilter chain</h4>
+Analyzers take Java {@link java.io.Reader}s as input. Of course you can wrap your Readers with {@link java.io.FilterReader}s
+to manipulate content, but this would have the big disadvantage that character offsets might be inconsistent with your original
+text.
+<p>
+{@link org.apache.lucene.analysis.CharFilter} is designed to allow you to pre-process input like a FilterReader would, but also
+preserve the original offsets associated with those characters. This way mechanisms like highlighting still work correctly.
+CharFilters can be chained.
+<p>
+Example:
+<pre class="prettyprint">
+public class MyAnalyzer extends Analyzer {
+
+  {@literal @Override}
+  protected TokenStreamComponents createComponents(String fieldName, Reader reader) {
+    return new TokenStreamComponents(new MyTokenizer(reader));
+  }
+  
+  {@literal @Override}
+  protected Reader initReader(String fieldName, Reader reader) {
+    // wrap the Reader in a CharFilter chain.
+    return new SecondCharFilter(new FirstCharFilter(reader));
+  }
+}
+</pre>
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