From #blenderpython:

(23:00:56) intracube: hey all. just noticed the current py API docs are missing some example code: http://www.blender.org/documentation/blender_python_api_2_66_6/info_quickstart.html#example-operator

(23:01:35) intracube: it's in earlier versions like http://www.blender.org/documentation/blender_python_api_2_63_2/info_quickstart.html#example-operator