diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache
index 73464e25997..ba2e1ced806 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
  {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   {{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}
   {{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
-  @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{example}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}{{#isReadOnly}}readOnly = {{{isReadOnly}}}, {{/isReadOnly}}value = "{{{description}}}")
+  @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}{{#isReadOnly}}readOnly = {{{isReadOnly}}}, {{/isReadOnly}}value = "{{{description}}}")
 {{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }