diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2bfb7ccdb27efdef9f9c2e248f9d0ba2ecc96541..287f62ebd56b4a371ff0db2f4899993616d4e6f7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ full-dune-master-gcc-cpp-20:
     CXX_MAX_STANDARD: "20"
     DUMUX_ENABLE_CPPCHECK: "true"
     DUMUX_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_BUILD: "true"
+    DUMUX_CHECK_EXAMPLE_DOCS: "true"
 
 ##################################
 # additional scheduled pipelines #
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/default.yml b/.gitlab-ci/default.yml
index 92112979e1f406e34c116ae684b519c1dff1c279..3e8fcf3ecb11005f39230b9a60fea4d842b54524 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/default.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/default.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,24 @@ cppcheck:
   rules:
     - if: $DUMUX_ENABLE_CPPCHECK == "true"
 
+
+check-example-docs:
+  stage: linting
+  rules:
+  - if: $DUMUX_CHECK_EXAMPLE_DOCS == "true"
+    when: always
+  script:
+    - cd examples
+    - python3 generate_example_docs.py
+    - git diff -G. > example_diff.txt # -G. shows textual diff, ignoring file mode changes
+    - |
+      if [ -s example_diff.txt ]; then
+          cat example_diff.txt
+          echo "Example documentation is not up-to-date. Please rerun 'generate_example_docs.py'"
+          exit 1
+      fi
+
+
 select tests:
   stage: select
   script:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af3c476e9f1969d3555800ec8b0988205e9f82b6..7f3fb2058cedd39eb754971329f8c4e74a848c37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Differences Between DuMu<sup>x</sup> 3.7 and DuMu<sup>x</sup> 3.6
 - __Testing/CI__: One of the CI pipelines now includes a build of the `doxygen` documentation. The result of this
 build can be downloaded from the job artifacts.
 
+- __Testing/CI__: The example documentation is now re-generated in the CI in order to verify that the generated README
+files are in sync with the sources from which they are produced.
+
 ### Improvements and Enhancements
 
 - __IO/RasterImageWriter__: A tool now exists for writing `.pbm` and `.pgm` image files.