diff --git a/include/fmt/base.h b/include/fmt/base.h
index 0e9758b7..c94b8c6d 100644
--- a/include/fmt/base.h
+++ b/include/fmt/base.h
@@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ constexpr auto make_format_args(T&... args)
  *
  * **Example**:
  *
- *     fmt::print("Elapsed time: {s:.2f} seconds", fmt::arg("s", 1.23));
+ *     fmt::print("The answer is {answer}.", fmt::arg("answer", 42));
  */
 template <typename Char, typename T>
 inline auto arg(const Char* name, const T& arg) -> detail::named_arg<Char, T> {
diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 38ea6219..e59477f9 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -4321,7 +4321,7 @@ inline namespace literals {
  * **Example**:
  *
  *     using namespace fmt::literals;
- *     fmt::print("Elapsed time: {s:.2f} seconds", "s"_a=1.23);
+ *     fmt::print("The answer is {answer}.", "answer"_a=42);
  */
 #  if FMT_USE_NONTYPE_TEMPLATE_ARGS
 template <detail_exported::fixed_string Str> constexpr auto operator""_a() {