diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/openrewrite/RecipeMarkdownGenerator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/openrewrite/RecipeMarkdownGenerator.kt
index cad8638..edb72b0 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/openrewrite/RecipeMarkdownGenerator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/openrewrite/RecipeMarkdownGenerator.kt
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class RecipeMarkdownGenerator : Runnable {
             val recipeOptions = TreeSet<RecipeOption>()
             for (recipeOption in recipeDescriptor.options) {
                 val name = recipeOption.name as String
-                val ro = RecipeOption(name, recipeOption.type, recipeOption.example, recipeOption.isRequired)
+                val ro = RecipeOption(name, recipeOption.type, recipeOption.isRequired)
                 recipeOptions.add(ro)
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/openrewrite/RecipeOption.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/openrewrite/RecipeOption.kt
index fce26d4..705a2bd 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/openrewrite/RecipeOption.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/openrewrite/RecipeOption.kt
@@ -5,14 +5,11 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore
 data class RecipeOption(
     val name: String,
     val type: String,
-    @JsonIgnore
-    val example: String?,
     val required: Boolean
 ): Comparable<RecipeOption> {
     override fun compareTo(other: RecipeOption): Int {
         return compareBy(RecipeOption::name)
             .then(compareBy(RecipeOption::type))
-            .then(compareBy(RecipeOption::example))
             .then(compareBy(RecipeOption::required))
             .compare(this, other)
     }