diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java
index 23016b2bba67..c113ecf5c200 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ public class PythonClientCodegen extends PythonLegacyClientCodegen {
         } else if (ModelUtils.isArraySchema(schema)) {
             if (objExample instanceof Iterable) {
                 // If the example is already a list, return it directly instead of wrongly wrap it in another list
-                return objExample.toString();
+                return fullPrefix + objExample.toString();
             }
             ArraySchema arrayschema = (ArraySchema) schema;
             Schema itemSchema = arrayschema.getItems();
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/python/petstore-with-fake-endpoints-models-for-testing-with-http-signature.yaml b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/python/petstore-with-fake-endpoints-models-for-testing-with-http-signature.yaml
index 81717a8790dd..fa3500df0a1b 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/python/petstore-with-fake-endpoints-models-for-testing-with-http-signature.yaml
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/python/petstore-with-fake-endpoints-models-for-testing-with-http-signature.yaml
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ paths:
             type: array
             items:
               type: string
+            example: ['tag1', 'tag2']
       responses:
         '200':
           description: successful operation
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/docs/PetApi.md b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/docs/PetApi.md
index 21323c72c953..3ed215ecf615 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/docs/PetApi.md
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/docs/PetApi.md
@@ -477,9 +477,7 @@ configuration.access_token = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'
 with petstore_api.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
     # Create an instance of the API class
     api_instance = pet_api.PetApi(api_client)
-    tags = [
-        "tags_example",
-    ] # [str] | Tags to filter by
+    tags = ["tag1","tag2"] # [str] | Tags to filter by
 
     # example passing only required values which don't have defaults set
     try: