diff --git a/basis/combinators/smart/smart-docs.factor b/basis/combinators/smart/smart-docs.factor
index 22cf21c0e7..cdd2744888 100644
--- a/basis/combinators/smart/smart-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/combinators/smart/smart-docs.factor
@@ -158,10 +158,9 @@ HELP: nullary
 }
 { $description "Infers the number of inputs to a quotation and drops them from the stack." }
 { $examples
-    { $example
+    { $code
         """USING: combinators.smart kernel math ;
 1 2 [ + ] nullary"""
-""
     }
 } ;
 
diff --git a/basis/multiline/multiline-docs.factor b/basis/multiline/multiline-docs.factor
index 09f86197ba..d22cbdf1ae 100644
--- a/basis/multiline/multiline-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/multiline/multiline-docs.factor
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ HELP: STRING:
 HELP: /*
 { $syntax "/* comment */" }
 { $description "Provides C-like comments that can span multiple lines. One caveat is that " { $snippet "/*" } " and " { $snippet "*/" } " are still tokens and must not abut the comment text itself." }
-{ $example "USING: multiline ;"
+{ $code "USING: multiline ;"
            "/* I think that I shall never see"
            "   A poem lovely as a tree. */"
-           ""
 } ;
 
 HELP: HEREDOC: