diff --git a/examples/manage_node_labels.py b/examples/manage_node_labels.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e350ad372d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/manage_node_labels.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from pprint import pprint
+
+from kubernetes import client, config
+
+
+def main():
+    """
+    Change labels of the "minikube" node:
+     - Add label "foo" with value "bar". This will overwrite the "foo" label
+       if it already exists.
+     - Remove the label "baz" from the node.
+    """
+
+    config.load_kube_config()
+
+    api_instance = client.CoreV1Api()
+
+    body = {
+        "metadata": {
+            "labels": {
+                "foo": "bar",
+                "baz": None}
+        }
+    }
+
+    api_response = api_instance.patch_node("minikube", body)
+
+    pprint(api_response)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()