diff --git a/modules/swagger-annotations/src/main/java/io/swagger/annotations/ApiResponse.java b/modules/swagger-annotations/src/main/java/io/swagger/annotations/ApiResponse.java
index f9b2bccd43..51382b5dd5 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-annotations/src/main/java/io/swagger/annotations/ApiResponse.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-annotations/src/main/java/io/swagger/annotations/ApiResponse.java
@@ -85,4 +85,6 @@
      * Valid values are "List", "Set" or "Map". Any other value will be ignored.
      */
     String responseContainer() default "";
+
+    Example examples() default @Example(value = @ExampleProperty(value = "", mediaType = ""));
 }
diff --git a/modules/swagger-annotations/src/main/java/io/swagger/annotations/ExampleProperty.java b/modules/swagger-annotations/src/main/java/io/swagger/annotations/ExampleProperty.java
index 4bd5d6e8e3..0f90c728f7 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-annotations/src/main/java/io/swagger/annotations/ExampleProperty.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-annotations/src/main/java/io/swagger/annotations/ExampleProperty.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
      *
      * @return the name of the property
      */
-    String mediaType() default "default";
+    String mediaType() default "";
 
     /**
      * The value of the example.
diff --git a/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/main/java/io/swagger/jaxrs/Reader.java b/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/main/java/io/swagger/jaxrs/Reader.java
index a715d498da..13f07bf81d 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/main/java/io/swagger/jaxrs/Reader.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/main/java/io/swagger/jaxrs/Reader.java
@@ -22,21 +22,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedMethod;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedParameter;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;
-import io.swagger.annotations.Api;
-import io.swagger.annotations.ApiImplicitParam;
-import io.swagger.annotations.ApiImplicitParams;
-import io.swagger.annotations.ApiKeyAuthDefinition;
-import io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation;
-import io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponse;
-import io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponses;
-import io.swagger.annotations.Authorization;
-import io.swagger.annotations.AuthorizationScope;
-import io.swagger.annotations.BasicAuthDefinition;
-import io.swagger.annotations.Info;
-import io.swagger.annotations.OAuth2Definition;
-import io.swagger.annotations.ResponseHeader;
-import io.swagger.annotations.Scope;
-import io.swagger.annotations.SwaggerDefinition;
+import io.swagger.annotations.*;
 import io.swagger.converter.ModelConverters;
 import io.swagger.jaxrs.config.DefaultReaderConfig;
 import io.swagger.jaxrs.config.ReaderConfig;
@@ -1001,9 +987,11 @@ private void processOperationDecorator(Operation operation, Method method) {
 
     private void addResponse(Operation operation, ApiResponse apiResponse) {
         Map<String, Property> responseHeaders = parseResponseHeaders(apiResponse.responseHeaders());
+        //map of response examples annotated with @Example
+        Map<String, Object> examples = parseExamples(apiResponse.examples());
 
-        Response response = new Response()
-        .description(apiResponse.message()).headers(responseHeaders);
+        Response response = new Response().description(apiResponse.message()).headers(responseHeaders);
+        response.setExamples(examples);
 
         if (apiResponse.code() == 0) {
             operation.defaultResponse(response);
@@ -1023,6 +1011,29 @@ private void addResponse(Operation operation, ApiResponse apiResponse) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parses the example snippets which is provided in the annotation @{@link Example}
+     * @param examples
+     * @return - a map of example strings
+     */
+    private Map<String, Object> parseExamples(Example examples) {
+        if(examples == null){
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        Map<String, Object> map = null;
+        for(ExampleProperty prop : examples.value()){
+
+            if(prop.mediaType().equals("") && prop.value().equals("")){
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            map = map == null ? new HashMap<String, Object>() : map;
+            map.put(prop.mediaType(), prop.value());
+        }
+        return map;
+    }
+
     private List<Parameter> getParameters(Type type, List<Annotation> annotations) {
         final Iterator<SwaggerExtension> chain = SwaggerExtensions.chain();
         if (!chain.hasNext()) {