diff --git a/docs/source/run.rst b/docs/source/run.rst
index 2ff0ce1c..a91cb3b5 100644
--- a/docs/source/run.rst
+++ b/docs/source/run.rst
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Example::
     #!/usr/bin/env python
     import gunicorn.app.base
 
-    def my_index(environ, start_response):
+    def handler_app(environ, start_response):
         response_body = 'Works fine'
         status = '200 OK'
 
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ Example::
 
         return [response_body]
 
-    class MyApplication(gunicorn.app.base.BaseApplication):
+    class StandaloneApplication(gunicorn.app.base.BaseApplication):
         def __init__(self, app, options=None):
             self.options = dict(options or {})
             self.application = app
-            super(MyApplication, self).__init__()
+            super(StandaloneApplication, self).__init__()
 
         def load_config(self):
             tmp_config = map(
@@ -183,4 +183,4 @@ Example::
             'workers': 4,
             # 'pidfile': pidfile,
         }
-        MyApplication(my_index, options).run()    
+        StandaloneApplication(handler_app, options).run()    
diff --git a/examples/standalone_app.py b/examples/standalone_app.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..800d5a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/standalone_app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# An example of a standalone application using the internal API of Gunicorn.
+# 
+#   $ python standalone_app.py
+#
+# This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license.
+# See the NOTICE for more information.
+
+import gunicorn
+import gunicorn.app.base
+import multiprocessing
+
+def number_of_workers():
+    return (multiprocessing.cpu_count() * 2) + 1
+
+
+def handler_app(environ, start_response):
+    response_body = 'Works fine'
+    status = '200 OK'
+
+    response_headers = [
+        ('Content-Type', 'text/plain'),
+        ('Content-Lenfth', str(len(response_body))),
+    ]
+
+    start_response(status, response_headers)
+
+    return [response_body]
+
+
+class StandaloneApplication(gunicorn.app.base.BaseApplication):
+    def __init__(self, app, options=None):
+        self.options = dict(options or {})
+        self.application = app
+        super(StandaloneApplication, self).__init__()
+
+    def load_config(self):
+        tmp_config = map(
+            lambda item: (item[0].lower(), item[1]),
+            self.options.iteritems()
+        )
+
+        config = dict(
+            (key, value)
+            for key, value in tmp_config
+            if key in self.cfg.settings and value is not None
+        )
+
+        for key, value in config.iteritems():
+            self.cfg.set(key.lower(), value)
+
+    def load(self):
+        return self.application
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    options = {
+        'bind': '%s:%s' % ('127.0.0.1', '8080'),
+        'workers': number_of_workers(),
+    }
+    StandaloneApplication(handler_app, options).run()
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