diff --git a/src/components/Fields/FieldDetails.tsx b/src/components/Fields/FieldDetails.tsx
index 0a564032..e2d6d6dc 100644
--- a/src/components/Fields/FieldDetails.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Fields/FieldDetails.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ export class FieldDetails extends React.PureComponent<FieldProps> {
     if (showExamples && example !== undefined) {
       const label = l('example') + ':';
       if (field.in && (field.style || field.serializationMime)) {
-        const serializedValue = serializeParameterValue(field, example);
+        // decode for better readability in examples: see https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/issues/1138
+        const serializedValue = decodeURIComponent(serializeParameterValue(field, example));
         exampleField = <FieldDetail label={label} value={serializedValue} raw={true} />;
       } else {
         exampleField = <FieldDetail label={label} value={example} />;