diff --git a/src/encoding/json/example_test.go b/src/encoding/json/example_test.go
index 2031cba7938..4c075ddaa65 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/example_test.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/example_test.go
@@ -301,3 +301,11 @@ func ExampleValid() {
 	// Output:
 	// true false
 }
+
+func ExampleHTMLEscape() {
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	json.HTMLEscape(&out, []byte(`{"Name":"<b>HTML content</b>"}`))
+	out.WriteTo(os.Stdout)
+	// Output:
+	//{"Name":"\u003cb\u003eHTML content\u003c/b\u003e"}
+}