diff --git a/bin/docs/example-to-doc b/bin/docs/example-to-doc
index 60ce8590..ae49525b 100755
--- a/bin/docs/example-to-doc
+++ b/bin/docs/example-to-doc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 export EXAMPLE=$1
-EXNAME=$(echo "${EXAMPLE}" |cut -c 3)
+EXNAME=$(echo "${EXAMPLE}" |cut -c 3-)
 cd examples ||exit; \
 install -d dirname "${EXAMPLE}"
 printf "# %s\n\`\`\` c++\n", "${EXNAME}" > "${EXAMPLE}.md"