diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/doxygen_translate_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/doxygen_translate_runme.java
index 831dc4f83..55342ef55 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java/doxygen_translate_runme.java
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java/doxygen_translate_runme.java
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ public class doxygen_translate_runme {
     		" \n" +
     		" <i>italicword </i>\n" +
     		" \n" +
-    		" @exception SuperError \n" +
+    		" @ example someFile.txt\n" +
+    		" Some details on using the example\n" +
+    		" \n" +
+                " @exception SuperError \n" +
     		" \n" +
     		" If: ANOTHERCONDITION {\n" +
     		" First part of comment \n" +
diff --git a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp
index 2a02af348..bd592adc2 100644
--- a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ void JavaDocConverter::fillStaticTables() {
   tagHandlers["else"] = make_pair(&JavaDocConverter::handleTagIf, "Else: ");
   tagHandlers["elseif"] = make_pair(&JavaDocConverter::handleTagIf, "Else if: ");
   tagHandlers["endcond"] = make_pair(&JavaDocConverter::handleTagMessage, "End of conditional comment.");
+  // space prevents Javadoc to treat '@ example' as command. File name of
+  // example is still informative to user.
+  tagHandlers["example"] = make_pair(&JavaDocConverter::handleTagSame, " example");
   tagHandlers["if"] = make_pair(&JavaDocConverter::handleTagIf, "If: ");
   tagHandlers["ifnot"] = make_pair(&JavaDocConverter::handleTagIf, "If not: ");
   tagHandlers["image"] = make_pair(&JavaDocConverter::handleTagImage, "");