diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.js b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.js
index 9b5f9a9cf0..b169dbd6b2 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = function exampleInlineTagDef(parseArgString, createDocMessage)
       var unnamedArgs = tagArgs._;
       var relativePath = unnamedArgs[0];
       var regionName = tagArgs.region || (unnamedArgs.length > 1 ? unnamedArgs[1] : '');
-      if (regionName === '\'\'') regionName = '';
+      if (regionName === '\'\'' || regionName === '""') regionName = '';
       var header = tagArgs.header || (unnamedArgs.length > 2 ? unnamedArgs.slice(2).join(' ') : '');
       var linenums = tagArgs.linenums;
       // var stylePattern = tagArgs.stylePattern;  // TODO: not yet implemented here
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.spec.js
index 9421686d18..cdc75927f4 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.spec.js
@@ -42,12 +42,18 @@ describe('example inline-tag-def', function() {
         '<code-example path="test/url" region="region-1"></code-example>');
     });
 
-    it('should add no region if an empty (\'\') region is specified', () => {
+    it('should add no region if an empty (\'\'/"") region is specified', () => {
       expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url \'\'')).toEqual(
         '<code-example path="test/url"></code-example>');
 
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url ""')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url"></code-example>');
+
       expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url \'\' Some Header')).toEqual(
         '<code-example path="test/url" header="Some Header"></code-example>');
+
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url "" Some Header')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url" header="Some Header"></code-example>');
     });
 
     it('should add a header if specified', () => {