diff --git a/warewulf4.changes b/warewulf4.changes
index 2d2b933..60ec7df 100644
--- a/warewulf4.changes
+++ b/warewulf4.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 19 11:43:45 UTC 2024 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
+
+- Move example templates for client overlays to example-templates/
+  in the package documentation.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  7 08:55:00 UTC 2024 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/warewulf4.spec b/warewulf4.spec
index a43aaab..b7e1f9d 100644
--- a/warewulf4.spec
+++ b/warewulf4.spec
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/warewulf/overlays/generic/etc/slurm
 cat >  %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/warewulf/overlays/generic/etc/slurm/slurm.conf.ww <<EOF
 {{ Include "/etc/slurm/slurm.conf" }}
 EOF
+# move the other example templates for client overlays to package documentation
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}
+mv %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/examples %{buildroot}%{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/example-templates
 
 %pre -f %{name}.pre
 %service_add_pre warewulfd.service
@@ -230,12 +233,12 @@ EOF
 %license LICENSE.md
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/wwctl
 %attr(0755, root, warewulf) %dir %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf
-%attr(0755, root, warewulf) %dir %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/examples
+%attr(0755, root, warewulf) %dir %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/example-templates
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/nodes.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/warewulf.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/grub
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/ipxe
-%{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/examples
+%{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/example-templates
 %{_prefix}/lib/firewalld/services/warewulf.xml
 %exclude %{_datadir}/warewulf/overlays
 %{_bindir}/wwctl