diff --git a/kube/examples/configmap_informer.rs b/kube/examples/configmap_informer.rs
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+#[macro_use] extern crate log;
+use futures::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::ConfigMap;
+use kube::{
+    api::{Api, ListParams},
+    runtime::Informer,
+    Client,
+};
+
+/// Example way to read secrets
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "info,kube=debug");
+    env_logger::init();
+    let client = Client::try_default().await?;
+    let namespace = std::env::var("NAMESPACE").unwrap_or("default".into());
+
+    let cms: Api<ConfigMap> = Api::namespaced(client, &namespace);
+    let lp = ListParams::default().timeout(10); // short watch timeout in this example
+    let inf = Informer::new(cms).params(lp);
+
+    loop {
+        let mut stream = inf.poll().await?.boxed();
+        while let Some(event) = stream.try_next().await? {
+            info!("Got: {:?}", event);
+        }
+    }
+}