diff --git a/sqlx-mysql/src/options/mod.rs b/sqlx-mysql/src/options/mod.rs
index dc06380b07..851237cc02 100644
--- a/sqlx-mysql/src/options/mod.rs
+++ b/sqlx-mysql/src/options/mod.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ pub use ssl_mode::MySqlSslMode;
 /// mysql://[host][/database][?properties]
 /// ```
 ///
+/// This type also implements [`FromStr`][std::str::FromStr] so you can parse it from a string
+/// containing a connection URL and then further adjust options if necessary (see example below).
+///
 /// ## Properties
 ///
 /// |Parameter|Default|Description|
@@ -30,13 +33,10 @@ pub use ssl_mode::MySqlSslMode;
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust,no_run
-/// # use sqlx_core::error::Error;
-/// # use sqlx_core::connection::{Connection, ConnectOptions};
-/// # use sqlx_core::mysql::{MySqlConnectOptions, MySqlConnection, MySqlSslMode};
-/// #
-/// # fn main() {
-/// # #[cfg(feature = "_rt")]
-/// # sqlx::__rt::test_block_on(async move {
+/// # async fn example() -> sqlx::Result<()> {
+/// use sqlx::{Connection, ConnectOptions};
+/// use sqlx::mysql::{MySqlConnectOptions, MySqlConnection, MySqlPool, MySqlSslMode};
+///
 /// // URL connection string
 /// let conn = MySqlConnection::connect("mysql://root:password@localhost/db").await?;
 ///
@@ -47,8 +47,16 @@ pub use ssl_mode::MySqlSslMode;
 ///     .password("password")
 ///     .database("db")
 ///     .connect().await?;
-/// # Result::<(), Error>::Ok(())
-/// # }).unwrap();
+///
+/// // Modifying options parsed from a string
+/// let mut opts: MySqlConnectOptions = "mysql://root:password@localhost/db".parse()?;
+///
+/// // Change the log verbosity level for queries.
+/// // Information about SQL queries is logged at `DEBUG` level by default.
+/// opts.log_statements(log::LevelFilter::Trace);
+///
+/// let pool = MySqlPool::connect_with(&opts).await?;
+/// # Ok(())
 /// # }
 /// ```
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/sqlx-postgres/src/options/mod.rs b/sqlx-postgres/src/options/mod.rs
index 0f1972f92d..bd22f84f07 100644
--- a/sqlx-postgres/src/options/mod.rs
+++ b/sqlx-postgres/src/options/mod.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ mod ssl_mode;
 /// postgresql://[user[:password]@][host][:port][/dbname][?param1=value1&...]
 /// ```
 ///
+/// This type also implements [`FromStr`][std::str::FromStr] so you can parse it from a string
+/// containing a connection URL and then further adjust options if necessary (see example below).
+///
 /// ## Parameters
 ///
 /// |Parameter|Default|Description|
@@ -55,13 +58,10 @@ mod ssl_mode;
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust,no_run
-/// # use sqlx_core::error::Error;
-/// # use sqlx_core::connection::{Connection, ConnectOptions};
-/// # use sqlx_core::postgres::{PgConnectOptions, PgConnection, PgSslMode};
-/// #
-/// # fn main() {
-/// # #[cfg(feature = "_rt")]
-/// # sqlx::__rt::test_block_on(async move {
+/// use sqlx::{Connection, ConnectOptions};
+/// use sqlx::postgres::{PgConnectOptions, PgConnection, PgPool, PgSslMode};
+///
+/// # async fn example() -> sqlx::Result<()> {
 /// // URL connection string
 /// let conn = PgConnection::connect("postgres://localhost/mydb").await?;
 ///
@@ -72,9 +72,17 @@ mod ssl_mode;
 ///     .username("secret-user")
 ///     .password("secret-password")
 ///     .ssl_mode(PgSslMode::Require)
-///     .connect().await?;
-/// # Result::<(), Error>::Ok(())
-/// # }).unwrap();
+///     .connect()
+///     .await?;
+///
+/// // Modifying options parsed from a string
+/// let mut opts: PgConnectOptions = "postgres://localhost/mydb".parse()?;
+///
+/// // Change the log verbosity level for queries.
+/// // Information about SQL queries is logged at `DEBUG` level by default.
+/// opts.log_statements(log::LevelFilter::Trace);
+///
+/// let pool = PgPool::connect_with(&opts).await?;
 /// # }
 /// ```
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/mod.rs b/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/mod.rs
index 21013547ba..c35644f54e 100644
--- a/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/mod.rs
+++ b/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/mod.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ use sqlx_core::IndexMap;
 /// A value of `SqliteConnectOptions` can be parsed from a connection URL,
 /// as described by [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/uri.html).
 ///
+/// This type also implements [`FromStr`][std::str::FromStr] so you can parse it from a string
+/// containing a connection URL and then further adjust options if necessary (see example below).
+///
 /// | URL | Description |
 /// | -- | -- |
 /// `sqlite::memory:` | Open an in-memory database. |
@@ -36,20 +39,17 @@ use sqlx_core::IndexMap;
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust,no_run
-/// # use sqlx_core::connection::ConnectOptions;
-/// # use sqlx_core::error::Error;
-/// # use sqlx_sqlite::{SqliteConnectOptions, SqliteJournalMode};
+/// # async fn example() -> sqlx::Result<()> {
+/// use sqlx::ConnectOptions;
+/// use sqlx::sqlite::{SqliteConnectOptions, SqliteJournalMode};
 /// use std::str::FromStr;
 ///
-/// # fn main() {
-/// # #[cfg(feature = "_rt-async-std")]
-/// # sqlx::__rt::test_block_on(async move {
 /// let conn = SqliteConnectOptions::from_str("sqlite://data.db")?
 ///     .journal_mode(SqliteJournalMode::Wal)
 ///     .read_only(true)
 ///     .connect().await?;
-/// # Result::<(), Error>::Ok(())
-/// # }).unwrap();
+/// #
+/// # Ok(())
 /// # }
 /// ```
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]