diff --git a/tools/exampleparser.py b/tools/exampleparser.py
index 28977c6fe7..981f0af6da 100755
--- a/tools/exampleparser.py
+++ b/tools/exampleparser.py
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ def getListOfOnlineExamples(baseUrl):
     
 def getListOfExamples(relPath):
     """
-    returns list of .html filenames within a given path
+    returns list of .html filenames within a given path - excludes example-list.html
     """
     examples = os.listdir(relPath)
-    examples = [example for example in examples if example.endswith('.html')]
+    examples = [example for example in examples if example.endswith('.html') and example != "example-list.html"]
     return examples