+``(subject (starts-with prelim))``
+ Matches any word starting with "prelim", inside a message subject.
+
+``(subject (starts-wih quick) "brown fox")``
+ Match messages whose subject contains "quick brown fox", but also
+ "brown fox quicksand".
+
+``(thread (of (id 1234@invalid)))``
+ Match any message in the same thread as the one with Message-Id "1234@invalid"
+
+``(thread (matching (from bob@example.com) (to bob@example.com)))``
+ Match any (messages in) a thread containing a message from
+ "bob@example.com" and a (possibly distinct) message to "bob at
+ example.com")
+
+``(to (or bob@example.com mallory@example.org))`` ``(or (to bob@example.com) (to mallory@example.org))``
+ Match in the "To" or "Cc" headers, "bob@example.com",
+ "mallory@example.org", and also "bob@example.com.au" since it
+ contains the adjacent triple "bob", "example", "com".
+
+``(not (to *))``
+ Match messages with an empty or invalid 'To' and 'Cc' field.
+
+``(List *)``
+ Match messages with a non-empty List-Id header, assuming
+ configuration ``index.header.List=List-Id``
+
+.. _macro_examples:
+
+MACRO EXAMPLES
+--------------
+
+A macro that takes two parameters and applies different fields to them.
+
+::
+
+ $ notmuch config set squery.TagSubject '(macro (tagname subj) (and (tag ,tagname) (subject ,subj)))'
+ $ notmuch search --query=sexp '(TagSubject inbox maildir)'
+
+Nested macros are allowed.
+
+::
+
+ $ notmuch config set squery.Inner '(macro (x) (subject ,x))'
+ $ notmuch config set squery.Outer '(macro (x y) (and (tag ,x) (Inner ,y)))'
+ $ notmuch search --query=sexp '(Outer inbox maildir)'
+
+Parameters can be re-used to reduce boilerplate. Any field, including
+user defined fields is permitted within a macro.
+
+::
+
+ $ notmuch config set squery.About '(macro (name) (or (subject ,name) (List ,name)))'
+ $ notmuch search --query=sexp '(About notmuch)'
+
+