diff --git a/src/languageservice/services/yamlCompletion.ts b/src/languageservice/services/yamlCompletion.ts
index 31129491..f3e6a129 100644
--- a/src/languageservice/services/yamlCompletion.ts
+++ b/src/languageservice/services/yamlCompletion.ts
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ export class YAMLCompletion extends JSONCompletion {
         }
         collector.add({
           kind: this.getSuggestionKind(type),
-          label: value,
+          label: this.getLabelForValue(value),
           insertText: this.getInsertTextForValue(value, separatorAfter, type),
           insertTextFormat: InsertTextFormat.Snippet,
         });
@@ -967,11 +967,14 @@ export class YAMLCompletion extends JSONCompletion {
     return this.getInsertTextForValue(value, separatorAfter, type);
   }
 
-  private getLabelForValue(value: string): string {
+  private getLabelForValue(value: unknown): string {
     if (value === null) {
       return 'null'; // return string with 'null' value if schema contains null as possible value
     }
-    return value;
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      return JSON.stringify(value);
+    }
+    return value as string;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/autoCompletion.test.ts b/test/autoCompletion.test.ts
index d0d17516..8306e3d4 100644
--- a/test/autoCompletion.test.ts
+++ b/test/autoCompletion.test.ts
@@ -1815,6 +1815,26 @@ describe('Auto Completion Tests', () => {
       expect(trueItem.textEdit.newText).equal('"true"');
     });
 
+    it('should provide label as string for examples completion item', async () => {
+      languageService.addSchema(SCHEMA_ID, {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          fooBar: {
+            type: 'array',
+            items: {
+              type: 'string',
+              examples: ['test'],
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      });
+
+      const content = 'fooBar: \n';
+      const completion = await parseSetup(content, 8);
+
+      expect(completion.items).length(1);
+    });
+
     it('should provide completion for flow map', async () => {
       languageService.addSchema(SCHEMA_ID, {
         type: 'object',