diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/docs/langs/shell.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/docs/langs/shell.html
index 24137e4ae..e5f2a0322 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/docs/langs/shell.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/docs/langs/shell.html
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 $ coreapi get {{ document.url }}{% if schema_format %} --format {{ schema_format }}{% endif %}
 
 # Interact with the API endpoint
-$ coreapi action {% if section_key %}{{ section_key }} {% endif %}{{ link_key }}{% for field in link.fields %} -p {{ field.name }}=...{% endfor %}{% endcode %}</code></pre>
+$ coreapi action {% if section_key %}{{ section_key }} {% endif %}{{ link_key|cut:"> " }}{% for field in link.fields %} -p {{ field.name }}=...{% endfor %}{% endcode %}</code></pre>
diff --git a/tests/test_renderers.py b/tests/test_renderers.py
index a68ece734..8518a3f7c 100644
--- a/tests/test_renderers.py
+++ b/tests/test_renderers.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.db import models
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
+from django.template import loader
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.safestring import SafeText
@@ -827,6 +828,16 @@ class TestDocumentationRenderer(TestCase):
         html = renderer.render(document, accepted_media_type="text/html", renderer_context={"request": request})
         assert '<h1>Data Endpoint API</h1>' in html
 
+    def test_shell_code_example_rendering(self):
+        template = loader.get_template('rest_framework/docs/langs/shell.html')
+        context = {
+            'document': coreapi.Document(url='https://api.example.org/'),
+            'link_key': 'testcases > list',
+            'link': coreapi.Link(url='/data/', action='get', fields=[]),
+        }
+        html = template.render(context)
+        assert 'testcases list' in html
+
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not coreapi, reason='coreapi is not installed')
 class TestSchemaJSRenderer(TestCase):