diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 11eaf78..428804d 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -19460,10 +19460,14 @@ If point is in an inline task, mark that task instead."
       (save-excursion
 	(re-search-backward "^[ \t]*#\\+begin_\\([a-z]+\\)" nil t))
       (setq column
-	    (if (equal (downcase (match-string 1)) "src")
-		;; src blocks: let `org-edit-src-exit' handle them
-		(org-get-indentation)
-	      (org-get-indentation (match-string 0)))))
+            (cond ((equal (downcase (match-string 1)) "src")
+                   ;; src blocks: let `org-edit-src-exit' handle them
+                   (org-get-indentation))
+                  ((equal (downcase (match-string 1)) "example")
+                   (max (org-get-indentation) (org-get-indentation (match-string 0))))
+                  (t
+                   (org-get-indentation (match-string 0)))
+                  )))
      ;; This line has nothing special, look at the previous relevant
      ;; line to compute indentation
      (t