diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index ae662f3bf..85a0cd8cb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - documentation and examples for lazy sequences
 
+### Fixed 
+
+- Fixed 'str/split' doc examples
+
 
 
 ## [1.10.39] - 2023-07-10
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/functions/StringFunctions.java b/src/main/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/functions/StringFunctions.java
index fe7faf71e..3d6514516 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/functions/StringFunctions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/functions/StringFunctions.java
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ public VncVal apply(final VncList args) {
                     .examples(
                         "(str/split \"abc,def,ghi\" \",\")",
                         "(str/split \"James Peter Robert\" \" \" 2)",
-                        "(str/split \"abc , def , ghi\" \"[ *],[ *]\")",
+                        "(str/split \"abc , def ,  ghi\" \" *, *\")",
                         "(str/split \"abc,def,ghi\" \"((?<=,)|(?=,))\")",
                         "(str/split \"q1w2e3r4t5y6u7i8o9p0\" #\"\\d+\")",
                         "(str/split \"q1w2e3r4t5y6u7i8o9p0\" #\"\\d+\" 5)",