diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/util/Progress.rsc b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/util/Progress.rsc
index 362134c1150..74db9e3f391 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/util/Progress.rsc
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/util/Progress.rsc
@@ -28,17 +28,6 @@ The total number of steps is the only required parameter to be passed in. All ot
 
   It is inspired on the progressbar described here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3173320/text-progress-bar-in-the-console
 }
-@examples{
-```rascal-shell
-  import util::Progress;
-  int total = 10; 
-  pb = progressBar(total, length = 15, limit = 100);
-  for (i <- [0..total]) {
-    pb.report(" : <i+1> of <total>");
-  }
-  pb.finished();  
-  ```
-}
 tuple[void(str) report, void() finished] progressBar(int total, str prefix = "Progress:", int length = 50, int limit = total, str fill = "\u2588", str unfill = "-", str printEnd = "\r") {
     limit = limit > total ? total : limit;
     
@@ -63,16 +52,6 @@ tuple[void(str) report, void() finished] progressBar(int total, str prefix = "Pr
    It returns a function that can be called to make the spinner spin one rotation.
    This function takes a `suffix` string parameter that will be displayed behind the spinner
 } 
-@examples{
-```rascal-shell
-  import util::Progress;
-  import util::Math;
-  sp = spinner();
-  while (n := arbInt(100), n != 1) {
-    sp("<n>");
-  }
-  ```
-}
 void (str) spinner(str prefix = " ", str printEnd = "\r") {
   int stat = 0;