diff --git a/r/R/csv.R b/r/R/csv.R
index 89d2db4cb15a0..afec9e6fa6563 100644
--- a/r/R/csv.R
+++ b/r/R/csv.R
@@ -743,6 +743,12 @@ TimestampParser$create <- function(format = NULL) {
 #'    (b) a character vector of [strptime][base::strptime()] parse strings; or
 #'    (c) a list of [TimestampParser] objects.
 #'
+#' @examples
+#' tf <- tempfile()
+#' on.exit(unlink(tf))
+#' writeLines('x\n1\nNULL\n2\nNA', tf)
+#' read_csv_arrow(tf, convert_options = csv_convert_options(null_values =  c("", "NA", "NULL")))
+#' open_csv_dataset(tf, convert_options = csv_convert_options(null_values =  c("", "NA", "NULL")))
 #' @export
 csv_convert_options <- function(check_utf8 = TRUE,
                                      null_values = c("", "NA"),
diff --git a/r/man/csv_convert_options.Rd b/r/man/csv_convert_options.Rd
index 3dbbdea7abf96..4fd6eac1c3e82 100644
--- a/r/man/csv_convert_options.Rd
+++ b/r/man/csv_convert_options.Rd
@@ -60,3 +60,10 @@ starting from the beginning of this vector. Possible values are
 \description{
 CSV Convert Options
 }
+\examples{
+tf <- tempfile()
+on.exit(unlink(tf))
+writeLines('x\n1\nNULL\n2\nNA', tf)
+read_csv_arrow(tf, convert_options = csv_convert_options(null_values =  c("", "NA", "NULL")))
+open_csv_dataset(tf, convert_options = csv_convert_options(null_values =  c("", "NA", "NULL")))
+}