diff --git a/src/generators/app.ts b/src/generators/app.ts
index d7176ef..c235346 100644
--- a/src/generators/app.ts
+++ b/src/generators/app.ts
@@ -648,8 +648,8 @@ class App extends Generator {
         {...opts, name: sfdxExampleCommand, topic})
     }
 
-    if (!fs.existsSync('messages/messages.json')) {
-      this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('messages/messages.json'), this.destinationPath(`messages/${sfdxExampleCommand}.json`), this)
+    if (!fs.existsSync('messages/messages.js')) {
+      this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('messages/messages.js'), this.destinationPath(`messages/${sfdxExampleCommand}.js`), this)
     }
 
     if (!fs.existsSync('.vscode/launch.json')) {
diff --git a/templates/messages/messages.js b/templates/messages/messages.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c427393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/messages/messages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module.exports = {
+  commandDescription: "print a greeting and your org IDs",
+  nameFlagDescription: "name to print",
+  forceFlagDescription: "example boolean flag",
+  errorNoOrgResults: "No results found for the org '%s'.",
+  example1: `$ sfdx hello:org --targetusername myOrg@example.com --targetdevhubusername devhub@org.com
+Hello world! This is org: MyOrg and I will be around until Tue Mar 20 2018!
+My hub org id is: 00Dxx000000001234
+  `,
+  example2: `$ sfdx hello:org --name myname --targetusername myOrg@example.com
+  Hello myname! This is org: MyOrg and I will be around until Tue Mar 20 2018!
+    `,
+};
diff --git a/templates/messages/messages.json b/templates/messages/messages.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b5c9eec..0000000
--- a/templates/messages/messages.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "commandDescription": "print a greeting and your org IDs",
-  "nameFlagDescription": "name to print",
-  "forceFlagDescription": "example boolean flag",
-  "errorNoOrgResults": "No results found for the org '%s'."
-}
diff --git a/templates/src/sfdxCommand.ts.ejs b/templates/src/sfdxCommand.ts.ejs
index bdbf0bd..85ba5b6 100644
--- a/templates/src/sfdxCommand.ts.ejs
+++ b/templates/src/sfdxCommand.ts.ejs
@@ -20,13 +20,7 @@ export default class <%- klass %> extends SfdxCommand {
   public static description = messages.getMessage('commandDescription');
 
   public static examples = [
-    `$ sfdx <%- topicName %>:<%- commandName %> --targetusername myOrg@example.com --targetdevhubusername devhub@org.com
-Hello world! This is org: MyOrg and I will be around until Tue Mar 20 2018!
-My hub org id is: 00Dxx000000001234
-  `,
-    `$ sfdx <%- topicName %>:<%- commandName %> --name myname --targetusername myOrg@example.com
-Hello myname! This is org: MyOrg and I will be around until Tue Mar 20 2018!
-  `,
+  messages.getMessage('example1'),messages.getMessage('example2'),
   ];
 
   public static args = [{ name: 'file' }];