diff --git a/dlt/destinations/weaviate/weaviate_adapter.py b/dlt/destinations/weaviate/weaviate_adapter.py
index 048c7e44b7..6829197273 100644
--- a/dlt/destinations/weaviate/weaviate_adapter.py
+++ b/dlt/destinations/weaviate/weaviate_adapter.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def weaviate_adapter(
     Examples:
         >>> data = [{"name": "Alice", "description": "Software developer"}]
         >>> weaviate_adapter(data, vectorize="description", tokenization={"description": "word"})
-        <DltResource with hints applied>
+        [DltResource with hints applied]
     """
     # wrap `data` in a resource if not an instance already
     resource: DltResource
diff --git a/docs/website/docs/api_reference/destinations/weaviate/weaviate_adapter.md b/docs/website/docs/api_reference/destinations/weaviate/weaviate_adapter.md
index 395594366a..5e5c0d44d1 100644
--- a/docs/website/docs/api_reference/destinations/weaviate/weaviate_adapter.md
+++ b/docs/website/docs/api_reference/destinations/weaviate/weaviate_adapter.md
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ https://weaviate.io/developers/weaviate/modules/retriever-vectorizer-modules
 
   >>> data = [{"name": "Alice", "description": "Software developer"}]
   >>> weaviate_adapter(data, vectorize="description", tokenization={"description": "word"})
-  <DltResource with hints applied>
+  [DltResource with hints applied]