diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractCSharpCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractCSharpCodegen.java
index a2f1bfffb1f..50e278e714e 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractCSharpCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractCSharpCodegen.java
@@ -422,6 +422,20 @@ public Map<String, Object> postProcessOperations(Map<String, Object> objs) {
                         }
                     }
 
+                    if (operation.examples != null){
+                        for (Map<String, String> example : operation.examples)
+                        {
+                            for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : example.entrySet())
+                            {
+                                // Replace " with \", \r, \n with \\r, \\n
+                                String val = entry.getValue().replace("\"", "\\\"")
+                                    .replace("\r","\\r")
+                                    .replace("\n","\\n");
+                                entry.setValue(val);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     processOperation(operation);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/aspnetcore/controller.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/aspnetcore/controller.mustache
index 05db73f1a0c..ea447e946f9 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/aspnetcore/controller.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/aspnetcore/controller.mustache
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ namespace {{packageName}}.Controllers
 {{/dataType}}{{/responses}}
 {{#returnType}}
             string exampleJson = null;
+            {{#examples}}
+            exampleJson = "{{{example}}}";
+            {{/examples}}
             {{#isListCollection}}{{>listReturn}}{{/isListCollection}}{{^isListCollection}}{{#isMapContainer}}{{>mapReturn}}{{/isMapContainer}}{{^isMapContainer}}{{>objectReturn}}{{/isMapContainer}}{{/isListCollection}}
             {{!TODO: defaultResponse, examples, auth, consumes, produces, nickname, externalDocs, imports, security}}
             //TODO: Change the data returned