diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0a09301..5fc0a9b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -30,15 +30,22 @@ function parserExampleElement(elements, element, block, filename) {
 }
 
 function parserExampleElements(elements, element, block, filename) {
-	if ( element.name !== 'apiexample' ) { return elements; }
-	elements.pop();
 
-	const values = elementParser.parse(element.content, element.source);	
-	if (values && schemas[values.schema]) {
-		app.log.debug('apiexample.path',values.path);
-		const data = fs.readFileSync( path.join(path.dirname(filename), values.path), 'utf8').toString();
-		element = schemas[values.schema](data, values.element, values.title);
+	if ( element.name !== 'apiexample' ) {
+		return elements;
+	}
+
+	const values = elementParser.parse(element.content, element.source);
+	if (!values) {
+		return elements
 	}
+
+	app.log.debug('apiexample.path', values.path);
+	const data = fs.readFileSync(path.join(path.dirname(filename), values.path), 'utf8').toString();
+
+	element = schemas[values.schema](data, values.element, values.title);
+	elements.pop()
 	elements.push(element);
+
 	return elements;
 }
diff --git a/parser/api_example.js b/parser/api_example.js
index a337633..a8a24ea 100644
--- a/parser/api_example.js
+++ b/parser/api_example.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function parse(content) {
 		return null;
 	
 	// @apiExample {json=relative_path} additional_argument
-	var parseRegExp = /^\{(.+?)=(.+?)\}\s*(?:\s+(.+?))?\s(.+?)$/g;
+	var parseRegExp = /^\{\s*(json|jsonschema|xml)\s*=(.+?)\}\s*(?:\s+(.+?))?\s(.+?)$/g;
 	var matches = parseRegExp.exec(content);
 
 	if ( ! matches)