diff --git a/src/pyhf/schema/loader.py b/src/pyhf/schema/loader.py
index 0562af0960..920766c4dc 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/schema/loader.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/schema/loader.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def load_schema(schema_id: str):
     Args:
         schema_id (str): Relative path to schema from :attr:`pyhf.schema.path`
 
-    Examples:
+    Example:
         >>> import pyhf
         >>> schema = pyhf.schema.load_schema("1.0.0/defs.json")
         >>> type(schema)
@@ -31,18 +31,6 @@ def load_schema(schema_id: str):
             ...
         pyhf.exceptions.SchemaNotFound: ...
 
-        >>> import pyhf
-        >>> import os
-        >>> schema = pyhf.schema.load_schema(f"1.0.0{os.sep}defs.json")
-        >>> type(schema)
-        <class 'dict'>
-        >>> schema.keys()
-        dict_keys(['$schema', '$id', 'definitions'])
-        >>> pyhf.schema.load_schema(f"0.0.0{os.sep}defs.json")  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
-        Traceback (most recent call last):
-            ...
-        pyhf.exceptions.SchemaNotFound: ...
-
     Returns:
         schema (dict): The loaded schema.