diff --git a/docs-src/content/functions/crypto.yml b/docs-src/content/functions/crypto.yml
index 33ba6976d..3e5754fbb 100644
--- a/docs-src/content/functions/crypto.yml
+++ b/docs-src/content/functions/crypto.yml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ funcs:
         description: the random seed encoded in either base64 or hex
     examples:
       - |
-        $ gomplate -i '{{ crypto.Ed25519GenerateKeyFromSeed "base64" MDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDA= }}'
+        $ gomplate -i '{{ crypto.Ed25519GenerateKeyFromSeed "base64" "MDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDA=" }}'
         -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
         ...
   - name: crypto.Ed25519DerivePublicKey
diff --git a/docs/content/functions/crypto.md b/docs/content/functions/crypto.md
index 1a446c056..9f6393f17 100644
--- a/docs/content/functions/crypto.md
+++ b/docs/content/functions/crypto.md
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ seed | crypto.Ed25519GenerateKeyFromSeed encoding
 ### Examples
 
 ```console
-$ gomplate -i '{{ crypto.Ed25519GenerateKeyFromSeed "base64" MDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDA= }}'
+$ gomplate -i '{{ crypto.Ed25519GenerateKeyFromSeed "base64" "MDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDA=" }}'
 -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
 ...
 ```