diff --git a/cmd/tools/vdoc/html.v b/cmd/tools/vdoc/html.v
index 5d6ec00f2f..5d96bb03c1 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vdoc/html.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vdoc/html.v
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ fn (vd &VDoc) write_content(cn &doc.DocNode, d &doc.Doc, mut hw strings.Builder)
 	src_link := get_src_link(vd.manifest.repo_url, vd.manifest.repo_branch, file_path_name,
 		cn.pos.line_nr + 1)
 	if cn.content.len != 0 || cn.name == 'Constants' {
-		hw.write_string(doc_node_html(cn, src_link, false, cfg.include_examples, d.table))
+		hw.write_string(vd.doc_node_html(cn, src_link, false, cfg.include_examples, d.table))
 		hw.write_string('\n')
 	}
 	for child in cn.children {
 		child_file_path_name := child.file_path.replace('${base_dir}/', '')
 		child_src_link := get_src_link(vd.manifest.repo_url, vd.manifest.repo_branch,
 			child_file_path_name, child.pos.line_nr + 1)
-		hw.write_string(doc_node_html(child, child_src_link, false, cfg.include_examples,
+		hw.write_string(vd.doc_node_html(child, child_src_link, false, cfg.include_examples,
 			d.table))
 		hw.write_string('\n')
 	}
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ fn (vd &VDoc) gen_html(d doc.Doc) string {
 	mut contents := strings.new_builder(200)
 	dcs_contents := d.contents.arr()
 	// generate toc first
-	contents.writeln(doc_node_html(d.head, '', true, cfg.include_examples, d.table))
+	contents.writeln(vd.doc_node_html(d.head, '', true, cfg.include_examples, d.table))
 	if is_module_readme(d.head) {
 		write_toc(d.head, mut symbols_toc)
 	}
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ fn html_highlight(code string, tb &ast.Table) string {
 	return buf.str()
 }
 
-fn doc_node_html(dn doc.DocNode, link string, head bool, include_examples bool, tb &ast.Table) string {
+fn (vd &VDoc) doc_node_html(dn doc.DocNode, link string, head bool, include_examples bool, tb &ast.Table) string {
 	mut dnw := strings.new_builder(200)
 	head_tag := if head { 'h1' } else { 'h2' }
 	mut renderer := markdown.HtmlRenderer{
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vdoc/run_examples.v b/cmd/tools/vdoc/run_examples.v
index 2d58e9e9be..838ea3aea2 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vdoc/run_examples.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vdoc/run_examples.v
@@ -2,11 +2,19 @@ module main
 
 import document as doc
 import v.vmod
-import strings
 import os
 import rand
 import term
 
+fn (mut vd VDoc) process_all_examples(contents []doc.DocNode) {
+	for cn in contents {
+		if cn.content.len > 0 {
+			vd.run_examples(cn)
+		}
+		vd.process_all_examples(cn.children)
+	}
+}
+
 const normalised_default_vmodules_path = os.vmodules_dir().replace('\\', '/')
 
 fn get_mod_name_by_file_path(file_path string) string {
@@ -23,7 +31,7 @@ fn get_mod_name_by_file_path(file_path string) string {
 	return mod_name
 }
 
-fn (mut vd VDoc) run_examples(dn doc.DocNode, mut pw strings.Builder) {
+fn (mut vd VDoc) run_examples(dn doc.DocNode) {
 	if dn.comments.len == 0 || !vd.cfg.run_examples {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vdoc/vdoc.v b/cmd/tools/vdoc/vdoc.v
index ead5947541..1c41c5095f 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vdoc/vdoc.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vdoc/vdoc.v
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ fn (mut vd VDoc) write_plaintext_content(contents []doc.DocNode, mut pw strings.
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			vd.run_examples(cn, mut pw)
 		}
 		vd.write_plaintext_content(cn.children, mut pw)
 	}
@@ -157,6 +156,8 @@ fn (mut vd VDoc) render_doc(d doc.Doc, out Output) (string, string) {
 		.json { vd.gen_json(d) }
 		else { vd.gen_plaintext(d) }
 	}
+	contents := d.contents.arr()
+	vd.process_all_examples(contents)
 	return name, output
 }