diff --git a/src/pyhf/schema/loader.py b/src/pyhf/schema/loader.py
index 920766c4dc..0562af0960 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`
 
-    Example:
+    Examples:
         >>> import pyhf
         >>> schema = pyhf.schema.load_schema("1.0.0/defs.json")
         >>> type(schema)
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ 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.