diff --git a/packages/jsii-rosetta/lib/jsii/assemblies.ts b/packages/jsii-rosetta/lib/jsii/assemblies.ts
index f3cceb2d2a..4cd977d2eb 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-rosetta/lib/jsii/assemblies.ts
+++ b/packages/jsii-rosetta/lib/jsii/assemblies.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function allSnippetSources(assembly: spec.Assembly): AssemblySnippetSourc
         location,
       });
     }
-    if (docs.example && exampleLooksLikeSource(docs.example)) {
+    if (docs.example) {
       ret.push({
         type: 'example',
         source: docs.example,
@@ -142,19 +142,6 @@ export function allTypeScriptSnippets(assemblies: readonly LoadedAssembly[], loo
   return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * See if the given source text looks like a code sample
- *
- * Many @examples for properties are examples of values (ARNs, formatted strings)
- * not code samples, which should not be translated
- *
- * If the value contains whitespace (newline, space) then we'll assume it's a code
- * sample.
- */
-function exampleLooksLikeSource(text: string) {
-  return !!WHITESPACE.exec(text.trim());
-}
-
 /**
  * Replaces the file where the original assembly file *should* be found with a new assembly file.
  * Recalculates the fingerprint of the assembly to avoid tampering detection.
@@ -177,5 +164,3 @@ function _fingerprint(assembly: spec.Assembly): spec.Assembly {
   const fingerprint = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(JSON.stringify(assembly)).digest('base64');
   return { ...assembly, fingerprint };
 }
-
-const WHITESPACE = new RegExp('\\s');
diff --git a/packages/jsii-rosetta/test/commands/extract.test.ts b/packages/jsii-rosetta/test/commands/extract.test.ts
index 30bfc9948e..9707734c17 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-rosetta/test/commands/extract.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jsii-rosetta/test/commands/extract.test.ts
@@ -97,3 +97,39 @@ describe('with cache file', () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+test('do not ignore example strings', async () => {
+  // Create an assembly in a temp directory
+  const otherAssembly = await AssemblyFixture.fromSource(
+    {
+      'index.ts': `
+      export class ClassA {
+        /**
+         * Some method
+         * @example x
+         */
+        public someMethod() {
+        }
+      }
+      `,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'my_assembly',
+      jsii: DUMMY_ASSEMBLY_TARGETS,
+    },
+  );
+  try {
+    const outputFile = path.join(otherAssembly.directory, 'test.tabl.json');
+    await extract.extractSnippets([otherAssembly.directory], {
+      outputFile,
+      ...defaultExtractOptions,
+    });
+
+    const tablet = await LanguageTablet.fromFile(outputFile);
+    expect(tablet.count).toEqual(1);
+    const tr = tablet.tryGetSnippet(tablet.snippetKeys[0]);
+    expect(tr?.originalSource.source).toEqual('x');
+  } finally {
+    await assembly.cleanup();
+  }
+});