diff --git a/Doc/library/pdb.rst b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
index 74bffef5562ae1..7fd3dfce7b1660 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pdb.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
@@ -598,13 +598,22 @@ can be overridden by the local file.
 
    Delete the specified alias *name*.
 
-.. pdbcommand:: ! statement
+.. pdbcommand:: !statement
 
    Execute the (one-line) *statement* in the context of the current stack frame.
    The exclamation point can be omitted unless the first word of the statement
-   resembles a debugger command.  To set a global variable, you can prefix the
-   assignment command with a :keyword:`global` statement on the same line,
-   e.g.::
+   resembles a debugger command, e.g.:
+
+   .. code-block:: none
+
+      (Pdb) !next(some_iterator)
+      42
+      (Pdb)
+
+   To set a global variable, you can prefix the assignment command with a
+   :keyword:`global` statement on the same line, e.g.:
+
+   .. code-block:: none
 
       (Pdb) global list_options; list_options = ['-l']
       (Pdb)
diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index b3dc5a455e56b9..14b2a7bbf22fbf 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -1638,13 +1638,17 @@ def do_help(self, arg):
     do_h = do_help
 
     def help_exec(self):
-        """(!) statement
+        """(!)statement
 
         Execute the (one-line) statement in the context of the current
         stack frame.  The exclamation point can be omitted unless the
-        first word of the statement resembles a debugger command.  To
-        assign to a global variable you must always prefix the command
-        with a 'global' command, e.g.:
+        first word of the statement resembles a debugger command, e.g.:
+        (Pdb) !next(some_iterator)
+        42
+        (Pdb)
+
+        To assign to a global variable you must always prefix the command with
+        a 'global' command, e.g.:
         (Pdb) global list_options; list_options = ['-l']
         (Pdb)
         """
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index 1babb5ce9476c9..baa9fa1c3c940c 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -5277,17 +5277,21 @@
              '\n'
              '   Delete the specified alias *name*.\n'
              '\n'
-             '! statement\n'
+             '!statement\n'
              '\n'
              '   Execute the (one-line) *statement* in the context of the '
              'current\n'
              '   stack frame. The exclamation point can be omitted unless the '
              'first\n'
-             '   word of the statement resembles a debugger command.  To set '
-             'a\n'
-             '   global variable, you can prefix the assignment command with '
-             'a\n'
-             '   "global" statement on the same line, e.g.:\n'
+             '   word of the statement resembles a debugger command, e.g.:'
+             '\n'
+             '      (Pdb) !next(some_iterator)\n'
+             '      42\n'
+             '      (Pdb)\n'
+             '\n'
+             '   To set a global variable, you can prefix the assignment command '
+             '   with \n'
+             '   a "global" statement on the same line, e.g.:\n'
              '\n'
              "      (Pdb) global list_options; list_options = ['-l']\n"
              '      (Pdb)\n'