diff --git a/src/doc2tosca.py b/src/doc2tosca.py
index 6ea05a7474f2b63df6f15980afb0ebff47bc17a4..f15465284ad04e815df2f034838db60ffe09b711 100644
--- a/src/doc2tosca.py
+++ b/src/doc2tosca.py
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ def print_to_files(prefix=None):
             newf.write("\n")
             newf.close()
 
+    EXAMPLES.clear()
 
 def parse_version_from_filename(filename):
     '''