diff --git a/lib/common.js b/lib/common.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/common.js
+++ b/lib/common.js
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ function getSampleInner(orig,options,samplerOptions,api){
 }
 
 function getSample(orig,options,samplerOptions,api){
-    if (orig && orig.example) return orig.example;
+    if (orig && orig.example) return clean(orig.example);
     let result = getSampleInner(orig,options,samplerOptions,api);
     result = clean(result);
     result = strim(result,options.maxDepth);
fix: remove x-widdershins-oldref from examples