diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_support.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_support.rs
index 4bdbab952e..62cbcb07de 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_support.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_support.rs
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ pub fn check_example_evaluates_to_expected_output(
         let expected = DebuggableValue(expected);
         let result = DebuggableValue(&result);
         if result != expected {
-            panic!(
-                "\x1b[31mError:\x1b[0m The result of example \x1b[34m'{}'\x1b[0m for the command \x1b[34m'{}'\x1b[0m differs from the expected value.\n\n\
-                Expected: {:?}\n\
-                Actual:   {:?}\n",
+            assert_eq!(
+                result,
+                expected,
+                "\x1b[31mError:\x1b[0m The result of example \x1b[34m'{}'\x1b[0m for the command \x1b[34m'{}'\x1b[0m differs from the expected value.\n\nExpected: {:?}\nActual:   {:?}\n",
                 example.description,
                 cmd_name,
                 expected,
-                result
+                result,
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/at.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/at.rs
index 6c790ff052..b9eb76ed74 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/at.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/at.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl Command for BytesAt {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Slice out `0x[10 01 13]` from `0x[33 44 55 10 01 13]`",
-                example: "0x[33 44 55 10 01 13 10] | bytes at 3..6",
+                example: "0x[33 44 55 10 01 13] | bytes at 3..6",
                 result: Some(Value::test_binary(vec![0x10, 0x01, 0x13, 0x10])),
             },
             Example {
diff --git a/tests/repl/tests.rs b/tests/repl/tests.rs
index 29af82db36..e3a5e89471 100644
--- a/tests/repl/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/repl/tests.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub fn run_test(input: &str, expected: &str) -> TestResult {
     let mut file = NamedTempFile::new()?;
     let name = file.path();
 
-    let mut cmd: Command = Command::cargo_bin("nu")?;
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin("nu")?;
     cmd.arg("--no-std-lib");
     cmd.arg("--no-config-file");
     cmd.arg(name);