diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/items.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/items.rs
index 619adee4a7..758594356d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/items.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/items.rs
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ impl Command for Items {
 
     fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
         vec![Example {
-            example:
-                "{ new: york, san: francisco } | items {|key, value| echo $'($key) ($value)' }",
+            example: "{ new: york, san: francisco } | items {|key, value| $'($key) ($value)' }",
             description: "Iterate over each key-value pair of a record",
             result: Some(Value::list(
                 vec![