diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
index 17a3da73650f..f45ee4142654 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
@@ -704,6 +704,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractJavaCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements Code
         p.example = example;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toExampleValue(Property p) {
+        if(p.getExample() != null) {
+            return escapeText(p.getExample().toString());
+        } else {
+        	return super.toExampleValue(p);
+        }
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public String getSwaggerType(Property p) {
         String swaggerType = super.getSwaggerType(p);
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
index d6d6738c05f1..a6b4548d085b 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}} {{/parent}}{{#parcela
   {{/maximum}}
    * @return {{name}}
   **/
-{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{example}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
+{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
 {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   {{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}
 {{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}