diff --git a/.changeset/thick-ways-visit.md b/.changeset/thick-ways-visit.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..92ebbab90ddbea4caa85e9caac47869662bb02bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thick-ways-visit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@llamaindex/examples": patch
+---
+
+Add files_via_content example for LlamaCloud retrieval
diff --git a/examples/cloud/query.ts b/examples/cloud/query.ts
index 74a76c118a03b1228eb5a49fa737617160c8bbba..f89fb4c816e9f7542a07cd5a465c18804e4e6e8d 100644
--- a/examples/cloud/query.ts
+++ b/examples/cloud/query.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ async function main() {
   });
 
   const queryEngine = index.asQueryEngine({
-    similarityTopK: 5,
+    // retrieve the whole content of a file instead of just chunks of the file
+    retrieval_mode: "files_via_content",
   });
 
   const rl = readline.createInterface({ input, output });