diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/imagewidget.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/imagewidget.lua
index 5e5d3ce0a..ae6bd890e 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/imagewidget.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/imagewidget.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --[[--
-ImageWidget shows an image from a file
+ImageWidget shows an image from a file or memory
 
-Example:
+Show image from file example:
 
         UIManager:show(ImageWidget:new{
             file = "resources/info-i.png",
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ Example:
             -- alpha = true,
         })
 
+
+Show image from memory example:
+
+        UIManager:show(ImageWidget:new{
+            -- bitmap_buffer should be a block of memory that holds the raw
+            -- uncompressed bitmap.
+            image = bitmap_buffer,
+        })
+
 ]]
 
 local Widget = require("ui/widget/widget")