diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/AsciidocRender.java b/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/AsciidocRender.java
index b45b2034..b6afc6f5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/AsciidocRender.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/AsciidocRender.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ private String itemContent(
         .append(itemContent("Schema:", "", indent))
         .append(changedMediaType.isCompatible() ? "Backward compatible" : "Broken compatibility")
         .append(System.lineSeparator());
-    if (!changedMediaType.isCompatible()) {
+    if (!changedMediaType.isCompatible() && changedMediaType.getSchema() != null) {
       sb.append(incompatibilities(changedMediaType.getSchema()));
     }
     return sb.toString();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/ConsoleRender.java b/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/ConsoleRender.java
index 37b926cd..e41f7aa9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/ConsoleRender.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/ConsoleRender.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ private String itemContent(
         .append("Schema: ")
         .append(changedMediaType.isCompatible() ? "Backward compatible" : "Broken compatibility")
         .append(System.lineSeparator());
-    if (!changedMediaType.isCompatible()) {
+    if (!changedMediaType.isCompatible() && changedMediaType.getSchema() != null) {
       sb.append(incompatibilities(changedMediaType.getSchema()));
     }
     return sb.toString();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/MarkdownRender.java b/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/MarkdownRender.java
index b1182606..73bd12cc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/MarkdownRender.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/MarkdownRender.java
@@ -274,7 +274,11 @@ protected String itemContent(String title, String mediaType, MediaType content)
   }
 
   protected String itemContent(int deepness, String mediaType, ChangedMediaType content) {
-    return itemContent("Changed content type", mediaType) + schema(deepness, content.getSchema());
+    String result = itemContent("Changed content type", mediaType);
+    if (content.getSchema() != null) {
+      result += schema(deepness, content.getSchema());
+    }
+    return result;
   }
 
   protected String schema(ChangedSchema schema) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/AsciidocRenderTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/AsciidocRenderTest.java
index 15c698d6..a9e7937b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/AsciidocRenderTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/AsciidocRenderTest.java
@@ -93,4 +93,16 @@ public void validateAsciiDocRangeStatus() {
                 + "\n"
                 + "WARNING: API changes broke backward compatibility\n");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void issue870_renderDoesNotFailWhenSchemaIsNullButExampleChanged() {
+    AsciidocRender render = new AsciidocRender();
+    ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    OutputStreamWriter outputStreamWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream);
+    ChangedOpenApi diff =
+        OpenApiCompare.fromLocations(
+            "issue-865-null-schema-1.yaml", "issue-865-null-schema-2.yaml");
+    render.render(diff, outputStreamWriter);
+    assertThat(outputStream.toString()).isNotBlank();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/ConsoleRenderTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/ConsoleRenderTest.java
index 675633fc..a193e4e5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/ConsoleRenderTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/ConsoleRenderTest.java
@@ -76,4 +76,16 @@ public void renderShowsWhatsChangedSectionWithCorrectFormattingWhenEndpointIsCha
         .contains("What's Changed")
         .containsSubsequence("- GET    /widgets", "Parameter:", "- Changed query-param-1 in query");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void issue870_renderDoesNotFailWhenSchemaIsNullButExampleChanged() {
+    ConsoleRender render = new ConsoleRender();
+    ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    OutputStreamWriter outputStreamWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream);
+    ChangedOpenApi diff =
+        OpenApiCompare.fromLocations(
+            "issue-865-null-schema-1.yaml", "issue-865-null-schema-2.yaml");
+    render.render(diff, outputStreamWriter);
+    assertThat(outputStream.toString()).isNotBlank();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/MarkdownRenderTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/MarkdownRenderTest.java
index fb1f24fe..59788210 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/MarkdownRenderTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/openapitools/openapidiff/core/output/MarkdownRenderTest.java
@@ -40,4 +40,16 @@ public void renderDoesNotFailWhenHTTPStatusCodeIsRange() {
     render.render(diff, outputStreamWriter);
     assertThat(outputStream.toString()).isNotBlank();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void issue870_renderDoesNotFailWhenSchemaIsNullButExampleChanged() {
+    MarkdownRender render = new MarkdownRender();
+    ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    OutputStreamWriter outputStreamWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream);
+    ChangedOpenApi diff =
+        OpenApiCompare.fromLocations(
+            "issue-865-null-schema-1.yaml", "issue-865-null-schema-2.yaml");
+    render.render(diff, outputStreamWriter);
+    assertThat(outputStream.toString()).isNotBlank();
+  }
 }