diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index d4ff1bc4f35ac..e4dd1a600fccf 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -3293,28 +3293,71 @@ def to_html(
         Examples
         --------
         >>> df = pd.DataFrame(data={"col1": [1, 2], "col2": [4, 3]})
-        >>> html_string = '''<table border="1" class="dataframe">
-        ...   <thead>
-        ...     <tr style="text-align: right;">
-        ...       <th></th>
-        ...       <th>col1</th>
-        ...       <th>col2</th>
-        ...     </tr>
-        ...   </thead>
-        ...   <tbody>
-        ...     <tr>
-        ...       <th>0</th>
-        ...       <td>1</td>
-        ...       <td>4</td>
-        ...     </tr>
-        ...     <tr>
-        ...       <th>1</th>
-        ...       <td>2</td>
-        ...       <td>3</td>
-        ...     </tr>
-        ...   </tbody>
-        ... </table>'''
-        >>> assert html_string == df.to_html()
+        >>> html_string = df.to_html()
+        >>> print(html_string)
+        <table border="1" class="dataframe">
+          <thead>
+            <tr style="text-align: right;">
+              <th></th>
+              <th>col1</th>
+              <th>col2</th>
+            </tr>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+            <tr>
+              <th>0</th>
+              <td>1</td>
+              <td>4</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+              <th>1</th>
+              <td>2</td>
+              <td>3</td>
+            </tr>
+          </tbody>
+        </table>
+
+        HTML output
+
+        +----+-----+-----+
+        |    |col1 |col2 |
+        +====+=====+=====+
+        |0   |1    |4    |
+        +----+-----+-----+
+        |1   |2    |3    |
+        +----+-----+-----+
+
+        >>> df = pd.DataFrame(data={"col1": [1, 2], "col2": [4, 3]})
+        >>> html_string = df.to_html(index=False)
+        >>> print(html_string)
+        <table border="1" class="dataframe">
+          <thead>
+            <tr style="text-align: right;">
+              <th>col1</th>
+              <th>col2</th>
+            </tr>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+            <tr>
+              <td>1</td>
+              <td>4</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+              <td>2</td>
+              <td>3</td>
+            </tr>
+          </tbody>
+        </table>
+
+        HTML output
+
+        +-----+-----+
+        |col1 |col2 |
+        +=====+=====+
+        |1    |4    |
+        +-----+-----+
+        |2    |3    |
+        +-----+-----+
         """
         if justify is not None and justify not in fmt.VALID_JUSTIFY_PARAMETERS:
             raise ValueError("Invalid value for justify parameter")