diff --git a/examples/echo_bot.py b/examples/echo_bot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a3f93d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/echo_bot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# This is a simple echo bot using the decorator mechanism.
+# It echoes any incoming text messages.
+
+import telebot
+
+API_TOKEN = '<api_token>'
+
+bot = telebot.TeleBot(API_TOKEN)
+
+# Handle '/start' and '/help'
+@bot.message_handler(commands=['help, start'])
+def send_welcome(message):
+    bot.reply_to(message, """\
+Hi there, I am EchoBot.
+I am here to echo your kind words back to you. Just say anything nice and I'll say the exact same thing to you!\
+""")
+
+# Handle all other messages with content_type 'text' (content_types defaults to ['text'])
+@bot.message_handler(func=lambda message: True)
+def echo_message(message):
+    bot.reply_to(message, message.text)
+
+bot.polling()
+
+while True:
+    pass
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diff --git a/telebot/__init__.py b/telebot/__init__.py
index c6878ae..c80f909 100644
--- a/telebot/__init__.py
+++ b/telebot/__init__.py
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ class TeleBot:
         """
         return apihelper.send_chat_action(self.token, chat_id, action)
 
+    def reply_to(self, message, text, **kwargs):
+        return self.send_message(message.chat.id, text, reply_to_message_id=message.message_id, **kwargs)
+
     def message_handler(self, commands=None, regexp=None, func=None, content_types=['text']):
         """
         Message handler decorator.