diff --git a/spec/asyncapi.md b/spec/asyncapi.md
index 365ad9cd1..a2b7924a5 100644
--- a/spec/asyncapi.md
+++ b/spec/asyncapi.md
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ Field Name | Type | Description
 <a name="messageObjectTags"></a>tags | [Tags Object](#tagsObject) | A list of tags for API documentation control. Tags can be used for logical grouping of messages.
 <a name="messageObjectExternalDocs"></a>externalDocs | [External Documentation Object](#externalDocumentationObject) | Additional external documentation for this message.
 <a name="messageObjectBindings"></a>bindings | [Message Bindings Object](#messageBindingsObject) \| [Reference Object](#referenceObject) | A map where the keys describe the name of the protocol and the values describe protocol-specific definitions for the message.
-<a name="messageObjectExamples"></a>examples | [Map[`string`, `any`]] | An array of key/value pairs where keys MUST be either **headers** and/or **payload**. Values MUST contain examples that validate against the [headers](#messageObjectHeaders) or [payload](#messageObjectPayload) fields, respectively.
+<a name="messageObjectExamples"></a>examples | [Map[`string`, `any`]] | An array of key/value pairs where keys MUST be either **headers** and/or **payload**. Values MUST contain examples that validate against the [headers](#messageObjectHeaders) or [payload](#messageObjectPayload) fields, respectively. Example MAY also have the **name** and **summary** additional keys to provide respectively a machine-friendly name and a short summary of what the example is about.
 <a name="messageObjectTraits"></a>traits | [[Message Trait Object](#messageTraitObject) &#124; [Reference Object](#referenceObject)] | A list of traits to apply to the message object. Traits MUST be merged into the message object using the [JSON Merge Patch](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7386) algorithm in the same order they are defined here. The resulting object MUST be a valid [Message Object](#messageObject).
 
 This object can be extended with [Specification Extensions](#specificationExtensions).
@@ -1086,6 +1086,8 @@ Name | Allowed values | Notes
   ],
   "examples": [
     {
+      "name": "SimpleSignup",
+      "summary": "A simple UserSignup example message",
       "headers": {
         "correlationId": "my-correlation-id",
         "applicationInstanceId": "myInstanceId"
@@ -1135,7 +1137,9 @@ correlationId:
 traits:
   - $ref: "#/components/messageTraits/commonHeaders"
 examples:
-  - headers:
+  - name: SimpleSignup
+    summary: A simple UserSignup example message
+    headers:
       correlationId: my-correlation-id
       applicationInstanceId: myInstanceId
     payload: