diff --git a/packages/example-getting-started/docs/7-controller.md b/packages/example-getting-started/docs/7-controller.md
index 0c032f9da31d..96bc4d5b691f 100644
--- a/packages/example-getting-started/docs/7-controller.md
+++ b/packages/example-getting-started/docs/7-controller.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export class TodoController {
   constructor(
     @repository(TodoRepository.name) protected todoRepo: TodoRepository,
   ) {}
+
   @post('/todo')
   @param.body('todo', TodoSchema)
   async createTodo(todo: Todo) {
@@ -79,7 +80,8 @@ metadata about the route, verb and the format of the incoming request body:
 redirect requests to this function when the path and verb match.
 - `@param.body('todo', TodoSchema)` associates the OpenAPI schema for a Todo
 with the body of the request so that LoopBack can validate the format of an
-incoming request (**Note**: As of this writing, this is not yet functional).
+incoming request (**Note**: As of this writing, schematic validation is not yet
+functional).
 
 We've also added our own validation logic to ensure that a user
 will receive an error if they fail to provide a `title` property with their
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ export class TodoController {
   constructor(
     @repository(TodoRepository.name) protected todoRepo: TodoRepository,
   ) {}
+
   @post('/todo')
   @param.body('todo', TodoSchema)
   async createTodo(todo: Todo) {