diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/openapi/createSchemaExample.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/openapi/createSchemaExample.ts
index ea0ddcf0c..6a2ff5024 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/openapi/createSchemaExample.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/openapi/createSchemaExample.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ function sampleFromProp(
 
   // TODO: handle discriminators
 
-  if (prop.oneOf) {
+  if (prop.example !== undefined) {
+    obj[name] = prop.example;
+  } else if (prop.examples !== undefined && prop.examples.length > 0) {
+    obj[name] = prop.examples[0];
+  } else if (prop.oneOf) {
     obj[name] = sampleFromSchema(prop.oneOf[0], context);
   } else if (prop.anyOf) {
     obj[name] = sampleFromSchema(prop.anyOf[0], context);
@@ -111,11 +115,15 @@ export const sampleFromSchema = (
   try {
     // deep copy schema before processing
     let schemaCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(schema));
-    let { type, example, allOf, properties, items, oneOf, anyOf } = schemaCopy;
+    let { type, example, examples, allOf, properties, items, oneOf, anyOf } =
+      schemaCopy;
 
     if (example !== undefined) {
       return example;
     }
+    if (examples !== undefined && examples.length > 0) {
+      return examples[0];
+    }
 
     if (oneOf) {
       if (properties) {