diff --git a/applications/examples/controllers/template_examples.py b/applications/examples/controllers/template_examples.py
index addb8d07..94b7c6e0 100644
--- a/applications/examples/controllers/template_examples.py
+++ b/applications/examples/controllers/template_examples.py
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ def xml():
 
 
 def beautify():
-    return dict(message=BEAUTIFY(request))
+    return dict(message=BEAUTIFY(dict(a=1,b=[2,3,dict(hello='world')])))
diff --git a/applications/examples/views/default/examples.html b/applications/examples/views/default/examples.html
index b6b33de3..9debd288 100644
--- a/applications/examples/views/default/examples.html
+++ b/applications/examples/views/default/examples.html
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def xml():
     <h3>Example {{=c}}{{c+=1}}</h3><b>In controller: template_examples.py </b>
     {{=CODE("""
 def beautify():
-    return dict(message=BEAUTIFY(request))
+    dict(message=BEAUTIFY(dict(a=1,b=[2,3,dict(hello='world')])))
     """.strip(),language='web2py',link=URL('global','vars'),_class='boxCode')}}<b>and view: template_examples/beautify.html</b>
     {{=CODE(open(os.path.join(request.folder,'views/template_examples/beautify.html'),'r').read(),language='html',link=URL('global','vars'),_class='boxCode')}}
     <p>You can use BEAUTIFY to turn lists and dictionaries into organized HTML.