diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/swingui/HTMLResultRenderer.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/swingui/HTMLResultRenderer.java
index 8ce6036dd8..adcd7d9f35 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/swingui/HTMLResultRenderer.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/swingui/HTMLResultRenderer.java
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ class HTMLResultRenderer
 
                 m_writer.write("<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n");
                 m_writer.write("<pre>\n");
+                m_writer.write("<font size=\"-1\">");
                 m_writer.write(example);
+                m_writer.write("</font>");
                 m_writer.write("\n</pre>\n");
                 m_writer.write("</td>\n");
             }