diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/main.go b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/main.go
index ffa86c7f0..7a66199e6 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/main.go
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/files"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/path"
 	icore "github.com/ipfs/kubo/core/coreiface"
+	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/core/coreiface/options"
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/config"
@@ -330,6 +331,17 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	fmt.Println("Connected to peers")
 
+	// By default, Kubo uses optimized background providing via Provide.DHT.SweepEnabled
+	// (see https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/blob/master/docs/config.md#providedhtsweepenabled)
+	// Since we don't want to wait for the automatic background provide to occur,
+	// we do an ad-hoc provide to make the content immediately available on the Amino DHT.
+	// We only provide the root CID (non-recursive) since that's all we need for this example.
+	fmt.Println("Providing file to Amino DHT...")
+	if err = ipfsA.Routing().Provide(ctx, peerCidFile, options.Routing.Recursive(false)); err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("could not provide file: %s", err))
+	}
+	fmt.Println("File provided to Amino DHT")
+
 	exampleCIDStr := peerCidFile.RootCid().String()
 
 	fmt.Printf("Fetching a file from the network with CID %s\n", exampleCIDStr)