diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/convert.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/convert.go
index 78350c135fc..a4a35354088 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/convert.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/convert.go
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ import (
 //   - dependencies
 //   - additionalItems
 //   - definitions.
-//
-// The follow fields are not preserved:
-// - externalDocs
-// - example.
 func NewStructural(s *apiextensions.JSONSchemaProps) (*Structural, error) {
 	if s == nil {
 		return nil, nil
@@ -126,6 +122,15 @@ func newGenerics(s *apiextensions.JSONSchemaProps) (*Generic, error) {
 	if s.Default != nil {
 		g.Default = JSON{interface{}(*s.Default)}
 	}
+	if s.ExternalDocs != nil {
+		g.ExternalDocs = &ExternalDocumentation{
+			Description: s.ExternalDocs.Description,
+			URL:         s.ExternalDocs.URL,
+		}
+	}
+	if s.Example != nil {
+		g.Example = JSON{interface{}(*s.Example)}
+	}
 
 	return g, nil
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/convert_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/convert_test.go
index 5eb7fba2727..e16f0f2cad5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/convert_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/convert_test.go
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ func TestStructuralRoundtripOrError(t *testing.T) {
 		origSchema := &apiextensions.JSONSchemaProps{}
 		x := reflect.ValueOf(origSchema).Elem()
 		n := rand.Intn(x.NumField())
-		if name := x.Type().Field(n).Name; name == "Example" || name == "ExternalDocs" {
-			// we drop these intentionally
-			continue
-		}
 		f.Fill(x.Field(n).Addr().Interface())
 
 		// it roundtrips or NewStructural errors out. We should never drop anything
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/kubeopenapi.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/kubeopenapi.go
index df78ba77e61..a8b29a1e61d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/kubeopenapi.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/kubeopenapi.go
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ func (g *Generic) toKubeOpenAPI(ret *spec.Schema) {
 	ret.Description = g.Description
 	ret.Title = g.Title
 	ret.Default = g.Default.Object
+	if g.ExternalDocs != nil {
+		ret.ExternalDocs = &spec.ExternalDocumentation{
+			Description: g.ExternalDocs.Description,
+			URL:         g.ExternalDocs.URL,
+		}
+	}
+	ret.Example = g.Example.Object
 }
 
 func (x *Extensions) toKubeOpenAPI(ret *spec.Schema) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/kubeopenapi_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/kubeopenapi_test.go
index b327e52d561..1ffc89e1f66 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/kubeopenapi_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/kubeopenapi_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,23 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/json"
 )
 
+// isJSONEmptyForOmitempty returns true if the JSON value would be dropped by the
+// kube-openapi v2 JSON encoder's omitempty tag. Unlike omitzero (used for Default),
+// the Example field uses omitempty which considers empty strings, empty slices,
+// and empty maps as empty.
+func isJSONEmptyForOmitempty(j JSON) bool {
+	switch v := j.Object.(type) {
+	case string:
+		return v == ""
+	case []interface{}:
+		return len(v) == 0
+	case map[string]interface{}:
+		return len(v) == 0
+	default:
+		return j.Object == nil
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStructuralKubeOpenAPIRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
 	f := randfill.New()
 	seed := time.Now().UnixNano()
@@ -64,13 +81,21 @@ func TestStructuralKubeOpenAPIRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
 		f.Fill(orig)
 
 		// normalize Structural.ValueValidation to zero values if it was nil before
+		// and normalize Example values that are considered empty by omitempty
+		// (the kube-openapi Example field uses omitempty, not omitzero, so
+		// empty strings/slices/maps get dropped during JSON roundtrip)
 		normalizer := Visitor{
 			Structural: func(s *Structural) bool {
+				changed := false
 				if s.ValueValidation == nil {
 					s.ValueValidation = &ValueValidation{}
-					return true
+					changed = true
 				}
-				return false
+				if isJSONEmptyForOmitempty(s.Generic.Example) {
+					s.Generic.Example = JSON{}
+					changed = true
+				}
+				return changed
 			},
 		}
 		normalizer.Visit(orig)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/structural.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/structural.go
index 5688c2ac40b..9965718b014 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/structural.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/structural.go
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ type StructuralOrBool struct {
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
 
+// ExternalDocumentation allows referencing an external resource for extended documentation.
+type ExternalDocumentation struct {
+	Description string
+	URL         string
+}
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
+
 // Generic contains the generic schema fields not allowed in value validation.
 type Generic struct {
 	Description string
@@ -53,10 +61,12 @@ type Generic struct {
 	// It can be object, array, number, integer, boolean, string.
 	// It is optional only if x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields
 	// or x-kubernetes-int-or-string is true.
-	Type     string
-	Title    string
-	Default  JSON
-	Nullable bool
+	Type         string
+	Title        string
+	Default      JSON
+	Nullable     bool
+	ExternalDocs *ExternalDocumentation
+	Example      JSON
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/validation_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/validation_test.go
index a83e50ff958..734cec1325f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/validation_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/validation_test.go
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ func TestValidateNestedValueValidationComplete(t *testing.T) {
 	// check that we didn't forget to check any forbidden generic field
 	tt := reflect.TypeOf(Generic{})
 	for i := 0; i < tt.NumField(); i++ {
+		if name := tt.Field(i).Name; name == "ExternalDocs" || name == "Example" {
+			continue // allowed in nested value validations
+		}
 		vv := &NestedValueValidation{}
 		x := reflect.ValueOf(&vv.ForbiddenGenerics).Elem()
 		fuzzer.Fill(x.Field(i).Addr().Interface())
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 9cec0262b53..c2154a05fd5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -56,10 +56,32 @@ func (in *Extensions) DeepCopy() *Extensions {
 	return out
 }
 
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *ExternalDocumentation) DeepCopyInto(out *ExternalDocumentation) {
+	*out = *in
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new ExternalDocumentation.
+func (in *ExternalDocumentation) DeepCopy() *ExternalDocumentation {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(ExternalDocumentation)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *Generic) DeepCopyInto(out *Generic) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.Default = in.Default.DeepCopy()
+	if in.ExternalDocs != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ExternalDocs, &out.ExternalDocs
+		*out = new(ExternalDocumentation)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	out.Example = in.Example.DeepCopy()
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/v2/conversion_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/v2/conversion_test.go
index 76363d945b4..3f375956217 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/v2/conversion_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/v2/conversion_test.go
@@ -632,7 +632,6 @@ func Test_ConvertJSONSchemaPropsToOpenAPIv2SchemaByType(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: new(spec.Schema).
 				WithExternalDocs(testStr, testStr2),
-			expectDiff: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "example",
@@ -641,7 +640,6 @@ func Test_ConvertJSONSchemaPropsToOpenAPIv2SchemaByType(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: new(spec.Schema).
 				WithExample(testStr),
-			expectDiff: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "preserve-unknown-fields in arrays",