diff --git a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SwaggerGenerator/OpenApiAnyFactory.cs b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SwaggerGenerator/OpenApiAnyFactory.cs
index c1cc5f987..b28aa2195 100644
--- a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SwaggerGenerator/OpenApiAnyFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SwaggerGenerator/OpenApiAnyFactory.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ private static IOpenApiAny CreateOpenApiObject(JsonElement jsonElement)
 
         private static IOpenApiAny CreateFromJsonElement(JsonElement jsonElement)
         {
+            if (jsonElement.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
+                return new OpenApiNull();
+
             if (jsonElement.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.True || jsonElement.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.False)
                 return new OpenApiBoolean(jsonElement.GetBoolean());
 
diff --git a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsSchemaFilter.cs b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsSchemaFilter.cs
index 8acb85550..7683e5174 100644
--- a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsSchemaFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsSchemaFilter.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ private void ApplyMemberTags(OpenApiSchema schema, SchemaFilterContext context)
             var exampleNode = fieldOrPropertyNode.SelectSingleNode("example");
             if (exampleNode != null)
             {
-                var exampleAsJson = (schema.ResolveType(context.SchemaRepository) == "string")
+                var exampleAsJson = (schema.ResolveType(context.SchemaRepository) == "string") && !exampleNode.Value.Equals("null")
                     ? $"\"{exampleNode.InnerXml}\""
                     : exampleNode.InnerXml;
 
diff --git a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/XmlAnnotatedType.cs b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/XmlAnnotatedType.cs
index 417a68759..661ee115f 100644
--- a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/XmlAnnotatedType.cs
+++ b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Fixtures/XmlAnnotatedType.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ public class XmlAnnotatedType
         /// <example>d3966535-2637-48fa-b911-e3c27405ee09</example>
         public Guid GuidProperty { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Summary for Nullable StringPropertyWithNullExample
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <example>null</example>
+        public string StringPropertyWithNullExample { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Summary for StringProperty
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/SwaggerGenerator/OpenApiAnyFactoryTests.cs b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/SwaggerGenerator/OpenApiAnyFactoryTests.cs
index e43911380..260dc4b20 100644
--- a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/SwaggerGenerator/OpenApiAnyFactoryTests.cs
+++ b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/SwaggerGenerator/OpenApiAnyFactoryTests.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ public void CreateFromJson_SimpleType(string json, Type expectedType, object exp
             Assert.Equal(expectedValue, actualValue);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void CreateFromJson_NullType()
+        {
+            var expectedType = typeof(OpenApiNull);
+
+            var openApiAnyObject = OpenApiAnyFactory.CreateFromJson("null");
+            Assert.NotNull(openApiAnyObject);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedType, openApiAnyObject.GetType());
+            Assert.Equal(AnyType.Null, openApiAnyObject.AnyType);
+            var valueProperty = expectedType.GetProperty("Value");
+            Assert.Null(valueProperty);
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData("[1,2]", typeof(OpenApiInteger), 1, 2)]
         [InlineData("[4294877294,4294877295]", typeof(OpenApiLong), 4294877294L, 4294877295L)]
diff --git a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test.xml b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test.xml
index 73191b95c..fa859460e 100644
--- a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test.xml
+++ b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@
             </summary>
             <example>d3966535-2637-48fa-b911-e3c27405ee09</example>
         </member>
+        <member name="P:Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test.XmlAnnotatedType.StringPropertyWithNullExample">
+            <summary>
+            Summary for Nullable StringPropertyWithNullExample
+            </summary>
+            <example>null</example>
+        </member>
         <member name="P:Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test.XmlAnnotatedType.StringProperty">
             <summary>
             Summary for StringProperty
diff --git a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsSchemaFilterTests.cs b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsSchemaFilterTests.cs
index 5a37272fb..6c2c8dcd6 100644
--- a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsSchemaFilterTests.cs
+++ b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsSchemaFilterTests.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public void Apply_SetsDescription_FromFieldSummaryTag()
         [InlineData(typeof(XmlAnnotatedType), nameof(XmlAnnotatedType.GuidProperty), "string", "\"d3966535-2637-48fa-b911-e3c27405ee09\"")]
         [InlineData(typeof(XmlAnnotatedType), nameof(XmlAnnotatedType.StringProperty), "string", "\"Example for StringProperty\"")]
         [InlineData(typeof(XmlAnnotatedType), nameof(XmlAnnotatedType.ObjectProperty), "object", "{\n  \"prop1\": 1,\n  \"prop2\": \"foobar\"\n}")]
+        [InlineData(typeof(XmlAnnotatedType), nameof(XmlAnnotatedType.StringPropertyWithNullExample), "string", "null")]
         [UseInvariantCulture]
         public void Apply_SetsExample_FromPropertyExampleTag(
             Type declaringType,