diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index ed49374cb..c0090f571 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export default tsPlugin.config(
     name: "source/ez",
     files: ["express-zod-api/src/*.ts"],
     rules: {
-      complexity: ["error", 18],
+      complexity: ["error", 16],
       "allowed/dependencies": ["error", { packageDir: ezDir }],
       "no-restricted-syntax": [
         "warn",
diff --git a/express-zod-api/src/documentation-helpers.ts b/express-zod-api/src/documentation-helpers.ts
index cf1638e3c..c9a646929 100644
--- a/express-zod-api/src/documentation-helpers.ts
+++ b/express-zod-api/src/documentation-helpers.ts
@@ -296,26 +296,25 @@ export const depictRequestParams = ({
   const isQueryEnabled = inputSources.includes("query");
   const areParamsEnabled = inputSources.includes("params");
   const areHeadersEnabled = inputSources.includes("headers");
-  const isPathParam = (name: string) =>
-    areParamsEnabled && pathParams.includes(name);
   const securityHeaders = R.chain(
     R.filter((entry: Security) => entry.type === "header"),
     security ?? [],
   ).map(({ name }) => name);
-  const isHeaderParam = (name: string) =>
-    areHeadersEnabled &&
-    (isHeader?.(name, method, path) ?? defaultIsHeader(name, securityHeaders));
+
+  const getLocation = (name: string) => {
+    if (areParamsEnabled && pathParams.includes(name)) return "path";
+    if (
+      areHeadersEnabled &&
+      (isHeader?.(name, method, path) ?? defaultIsHeader(name, securityHeaders))
+    )
+      return "header";
+    if (isQueryEnabled) return "query";
+  };
 
   return Object.entries(flat.properties).reduce<ParameterObject[]>(
     (acc, [name, jsonSchema]) => {
       if (!isObject(jsonSchema)) return acc;
-      const location = isPathParam(name)
-        ? "path"
-        : isHeaderParam(name)
-          ? "header"
-          : isQueryEnabled
-            ? "query"
-            : undefined;
+      const location = getLocation(name);
       if (!location) return acc;
       const depicted = asOAS(jsonSchema);
       const result =
diff --git a/express-zod-api/src/json-schema-helpers.ts b/express-zod-api/src/json-schema-helpers.ts
index 04d94a164..1186354d9 100644
--- a/express-zod-api/src/json-schema-helpers.ts
+++ b/express-zod-api/src/json-schema-helpers.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ export const processPropertyNames = (
   if (!isOptional) requiredKeys.push(...keys);
 };
 
+/** @internal */
+export const mergeExamples = (
+  target: FlattenObjectSchema,
+  entry: z.core.JSONSchema.BaseSchema,
+  isOptional: boolean,
+) => {
+  if (!entry.examples?.length) return;
+  if (isOptional) {
+    target.examples = R.concat(target.examples || [], entry.examples);
+  } else {
+    target.examples = combinations(
+      target.examples?.filter(isObject) || [],
+      entry.examples.filter(isObject),
+      ([a, b]) => R.mergeDeepRight(a, b),
+    );
+  }
+};
+
 export const flattenIO = (
   jsonSchema: z.core.JSONSchema.BaseSchema,
   mode: MergeMode = "coerce",
@@ -91,17 +109,7 @@ export const flattenIO = (
     if (entry.description) flat.description ??= entry.description;
     stack.push(...processAllOf(entry, mode, isOptional));
     stack.push(...processVariants(entry));
-    if (entry.examples?.length) {
-      if (isOptional) {
-        flat.examples = R.concat(flat.examples || [], entry.examples);
-      } else {
-        flat.examples = combinations(
-          flat.examples?.filter(isObject) || [],
-          entry.examples.filter(isObject),
-          ([a, b]) => R.mergeDeepRight(a, b),
-        );
-      }
-    }
+    mergeExamples(flat, entry, isOptional);
     if (!isJsonObjectSchema(entry)) continue;
     stack.push([isOptional, { examples: pullRequestExamples(entry) }]);
     if (entry.properties) {
diff --git a/express-zod-api/tests/json-schema-helpers.spec.ts b/express-zod-api/tests/json-schema-helpers.spec.ts
index b18c08016..8cb2f67ff 100644
--- a/express-zod-api/tests/json-schema-helpers.spec.ts
+++ b/express-zod-api/tests/json-schema-helpers.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 import {
   flattenIO,
   isJsonObjectSchema,
+  mergeExamples,
   propsMerger,
   canMerge,
   nestOptional,
@@ -199,6 +200,46 @@ describe("JSON Schema helpers", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("mergeExamples()", () => {
+    test("should do nothing when entry has no examples", () => {
+      const flat = { type: "object" as const, properties: {} };
+      mergeExamples(flat, { type: "string" }, false);
+      expect(flat).toEqual({ type: "object", properties: {} });
+    });
+
+    test("should concatenate examples when optional", () => {
+      const flat = {
+        type: "object" as const,
+        properties: {},
+        examples: [{ a: 1 }],
+      };
+      mergeExamples(flat, { examples: [{ b: 2 }, { c: 3 }] }, true);
+      expect(flat.examples).toEqual([{ a: 1 }, { b: 2 }, { c: 3 }]);
+    });
+
+    test.each([true, false])(
+      "should initialize examples when flat has none (isOptional=%s)",
+      (isOptional) => {
+        const flat = { type: "object" as const, properties: {} };
+        mergeExamples(flat, { examples: [{ a: 1 }] }, isOptional);
+        expect(flat).toHaveProperty("examples", [{ a: 1 }]);
+      },
+    );
+
+    test("should produce combinations when required", () => {
+      const flat = {
+        type: "object" as const,
+        properties: {},
+        examples: [{ a: 1 }],
+      };
+      mergeExamples(flat, { examples: [{ b: 2 }, { b: 3 }] }, false);
+      expect(flat.examples).toEqual([
+        { a: 1, b: 2 },
+        { a: 1, b: 3 },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("pullRequestExamples()", () => {
     test("should return empty array for empty properties", () => {
       expect(pullRequestExamples({ type: "object", properties: {} })).toEqual(