diff --git a/examples/markdown/index.js b/examples/markdown/index.js
index 53e40ac38e4..62d468fda21 100644
--- a/examples/markdown/index.js
+++ b/examples/markdown/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var app = module.exports = express();
 app.engine('md', function(path, options, fn){
   fs.readFile(path, 'utf8', function(err, str){
     if (err) return fn(err);
-    var html = marked.parse(str).replace(/\{([^}]+)\}/g, function(_, name){
+    var html = marked.parse(str).replace(/\{([^{}]+)\}/g, function(_, name){
       return escapeHtml(options[name] || '');
     });
     fn(null, html);
diff --git a/examples/view-constructor/index.js b/examples/view-constructor/index.js
index 3d673670e31..8ff76c12cda 100644
--- a/examples/view-constructor/index.js
+++ b/examples/view-constructor/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var app = module.exports = express();
 app.engine('md', function(str, options, fn){
   try {
     var html = md(str);
-    html = html.replace(/\{([^}]+)\}/g, function(_, name){
+    html = html.replace(/\{([^{}]+)\}/g, function(_, name){
       return options[name] || '';
     });
     fn(null, html);