diff --git a/dev-nim/cligen/Manifest b/dev-nim/cligen/Manifest
index 62c5b1dc9e..f0d377fe9a 100644
--- a/dev-nim/cligen/Manifest
+++ b/dev-nim/cligen/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-DIST cligen-1.5.38.tar.gz 432352 BLAKE2B cfcd96a5f8f9f4ed0e4942a596ed6c00ee5dac2f0daf22d783cc056b17b6c16777abfe9f10c8326978751308353a122b435d14a033e499c357a80c25bf4edf0d SHA512 df49c8accb05bd17e097f74a59fc904bfb42bccc6610ea70656d140a5d54fe14234af2ce61f50623a2b48b52e757551ac17bf77fa887e37b5b8bf4b5e79fa0a1
 DIST cligen-1.5.39.tar.gz 433806 BLAKE2B 2c0ae6224ea737930eceb35775d708c284f7b4d6ae7614c5d83914701904653ac51b73fd73b9f7802469c5b734cfa8e2fda34a77b844ad05a40ab1ac93f4dacf SHA512 56e32b020cd21f405ab2598a22b02964cf503b85c3444b2a6de36324fa1ca6fa030ff3afdfc0e57b952f03b681f83909f2842e646961bf5a3c1f451f935fefcb
+DIST cligen-1.5.40.tar.gz 436607 BLAKE2B 0d00712eac7a5797651f15e81082578aa0a6d3749bbd3baac4d11a5d91f43ba479ba3614fe1cd34257ab0006d3d04b5027d81ad16017d8b882f75f5d1d8631f7 SHA512 55424701ae4e52388bb4eb08e481fa7e3182ac20174b6b61b5c4ec3d05afef62616d78dc544810acef4cc3e73b0ba2fc986427aad00096120f6e517b13ad16a9
diff --git a/dev-nim/cligen/cligen-1.5.38.ebuild b/dev-nim/cligen/cligen-1.5.40.ebuild
similarity index 72%
rename from dev-nim/cligen/cligen-1.5.38.ebuild
rename to dev-nim/cligen/cligen-1.5.40.ebuild
index 2d3821bf6d..19f77f5f51 100644
--- a/dev-nim/cligen/cligen-1.5.38.ebuild
+++ b/dev-nim/cligen/cligen-1.5.40.ebuild
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/c-blake/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P
 LICENSE="ISC MIT"
 SLOT="${PV}"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-RESTRICT="test"  # Version.nim test fails
+IUSE="examples"
 
-DOCS=( configs examples {MOTIVATION,README,RELEASE-NOTES,TODO}.md )
+# Version.nim test fails
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+DOCS=( configs {MOTIVATION,README,RELEASE-NOTES,TODO}.md )
 
 set_package_url "https://github.com/c-blake/cligen"
 
@@ -26,6 +29,10 @@ src_test() {
 }
 
 src_install() {
-	docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	if use examples; then
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+		dodoc -r examples
+	fi
+
 	nimble_src_install
 }