diff --git a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsParameterFilter.cs b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsParameterFilter.cs
index 441b7e8e9d..5a63b5a8e6 100644
--- a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsParameterFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsParameterFilter.cs
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ private void ApplyParamTags(IOpenApiParameter parameter, ParameterFilterContext
 
             if (parameter is OpenApiParameter concrete)
             {
-                var example = paramNode.GetAttribute("example");
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(example))
+                var example = paramNode.SelectSingleNode("@example");
+                if (example != null)
                 {
-                    concrete.Example = XmlCommentsExampleHelper.Create(context.SchemaRepository, parameter.Schema, example);
+                    concrete.Example = XmlCommentsExampleHelper.Create(context.SchemaRepository, parameter.Schema, example.ToString());
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/FakeConstructedControllerWithXmlComments.cs b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/FakeConstructedControllerWithXmlComments.cs
index ea1eb810cb..7ef2e63508 100644
--- a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/FakeConstructedControllerWithXmlComments.cs
+++ b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/FakeConstructedControllerWithXmlComments.cs
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ public void ActionWithSummaryAndResponseTags(T param)
     }
 
     /// <param name="param1" example="Example for &quot;param1&quot;">Description for param1</param>
-    /// <param name="param2" example="Example for &quot;param2&quot;">Description for param2</param>
-    public void ActionWithParamTags(T param1, T param2)
+    /// <param name="param2" example="http://test.com/?param1=1&amp;param2=2">Description for param2</param>
+    /// <param name="param3" example="">Description for param3 with empty example</param>
+    /// <param name="param4"></param>
+    public void ActionWithParamTags(T param1, T param2, T param3, T param4)
     {
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/FakeControllerWithXmlComments.cs b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/FakeControllerWithXmlComments.cs
index f41d63ec07..1972f1f8e7 100644
--- a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/FakeControllerWithXmlComments.cs
+++ b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/FakeControllerWithXmlComments.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ public void ActionWithSummaryAndRemarksTags()
 
     /// <param name="param1" example="Example for &quot;param1&quot;">Description for param1</param>
     /// <param name="param2" example="http://test.com/?param1=1&amp;param2=2">Description for param2</param>
-    public void ActionWithParamTags(string param1, string param2)
+    /// <param name="param3" example="">Description for param3 with empty example</param>
+    /// <param name="param4"></param>
+    public void ActionWithParamTags(string param1, string param2, string param3, string param4)
     {
     }
 
diff --git a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsParameterFilterTests.cs b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsParameterFilterTests.cs
index 31f4f1ef71..42ec239d2e 100644
--- a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsParameterFilterTests.cs
+++ b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsParameterFilterTests.cs
@@ -9,58 +9,44 @@ namespace Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test;
 
 public class XmlCommentsParameterFilterTests
 {
-    [Fact]
-    public void Apply_SetsDescriptionAndExample_FromActionParamTag()
-    {
-        var parameter = new OpenApiParameter { Schema = new OpenApiSchema { Type = JsonSchemaTypes.String } };
-        var parameterInfo = typeof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments)
-            .GetMethod(nameof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments.ActionWithParamTags))
-            .GetParameters()[0];
-        var apiParameterDescription = new ApiParameterDescription { };
-        var filterContext = new ParameterFilterContext(apiParameterDescription, null, null, null, parameterInfo: parameterInfo);
-
-        Subject().Apply(parameter, filterContext);
-
-        Assert.Equal("Description for param1", parameter.Description);
-        Assert.NotNull(parameter.Example);
-
-        Assert.Equal("\"Example for \\u0022param1\\u0022\"", parameter.Example.ToJson());
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public void Apply_SetsDescriptionAndExample_FromUriTypeActionParamTag()
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0, "Description for param1", "\"Example for \\u0022param1\\u0022\"")]
+    [InlineData(1, "Description for param2", "\"http://test.com/?param1=1\\u0026param2=2\"")]
+    [InlineData(2, "Description for param3 with empty example", "\"\"")]
+    [InlineData(3, "", null)]
+    public void Apply_SetsDescriptionAndExample_FromActionParamTag(int p, string expectedDescription, string expectedExample)
     {
         var parameter = new OpenApiParameter { Schema = new OpenApiSchema { Type = JsonSchemaTypes.String } };
         var parameterInfo = typeof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments)
             .GetMethod(nameof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments.ActionWithParamTags))
-            .GetParameters()[1];
+            .GetParameters()[p];
         var apiParameterDescription = new ApiParameterDescription { };
         var filterContext = new ParameterFilterContext(apiParameterDescription, null, null, null, parameterInfo: parameterInfo);
 
         Subject().Apply(parameter, filterContext);
 
-        Assert.Equal("Description for param2", parameter.Description);
-        Assert.NotNull(parameter.Example);
-
-        Assert.Equal("\"http://test.com/?param1=1\\u0026param2=2\"", parameter.Example.ToJson());
+        Assert.Equal(expectedDescription, parameter.Description);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedExample, parameter.Example?.ToJson());
     }
 
-    [Fact]
-    public void Apply_SetsDescriptionAndExample_FromUnderlyingGenericTypeActionParamTag()
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0, "Description for param1", "\"Example for \\u0022param1\\u0022\"")]
+    [InlineData(1, "Description for param2", "\"http://test.com/?param1=1\\u0026param2=2\"")]
+    [InlineData(2, "Description for param3 with empty example", "\"\"")]
+    [InlineData(3, "", null)]
+    public void Apply_SetsDescriptionAndExample_FromUnderlyingGenericTypeActionParamTag(int p, string expectedDescription, string expectedExample)
     {
         var parameter = new OpenApiParameter { Schema = new OpenApiSchema { Type = JsonSchemaTypes.String } };
         var parameterInfo = typeof(FakeConstructedControllerWithXmlComments)
             .GetMethod(nameof(FakeConstructedControllerWithXmlComments.ActionWithParamTags))
-            .GetParameters()[0];
+            .GetParameters()[p];
         var apiParameterDescription = new ApiParameterDescription { };
         var filterContext = new ParameterFilterContext(apiParameterDescription, null, null, null, parameterInfo: parameterInfo);
 
         Subject().Apply(parameter, filterContext);
 
-        Assert.Equal("Description for param1", parameter.Description);
-        Assert.NotNull(parameter.Example);
-
-        Assert.Equal("\"Example for \\u0022param1\\u0022\"", parameter.Example.ToJson());
+        Assert.Equal(expectedDescription, parameter.Description);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedExample, parameter.Example?.ToJson());
     }
 
     [Fact]