diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c20ddd..8047730 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -195,12 +195,13 @@ func main() {
 }
 ```
 
-| Option                   | Type   | Default    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
-| ------------------------ | ------ | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| URL                      | string | "doc.json" | URL pointing to API definition                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
-| DocExpansion             | string | "list"     | Controls the default expansion setting for the operations and tags. It can be 'list' (expands only the tags), 'full' (expands the tags and operations) or 'none' (expands nothing).                                                                       |
-| DeepLinking              | bool   | true       | If set to true, enables deep linking for tags and operations. See the Deep Linking documentation for more information.                                                                                                                                    |
+| Option                  | Type   | Default    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| ----------------------- | ------ | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| URL                     | string | "doc.json" | URL pointing to API definition                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
+| DocExpansion            | string | "list"     | Controls the default expansion setting for the operations and tags. It can be 'list' (expands only the tags), 'full' (expands the tags and operations) or 'none' (expands nothing).                                                                       |
+| DeepLinking             | bool   | true       | If set to true, enables deep linking for tags and operations. See the Deep Linking documentation for more information.                                                                                                                                    |
 | DefaultModelsExpandDepth | int    | 1          | Default expansion depth for models (set to -1 completely hide the models).                                                                                                                                                                                |
-| InstanceName             | string | "swagger"  | The instance name of the swagger document. If multiple different swagger instances should be deployed on one gin router, ensure that each instance has a unique name (use the _--instanceName_ parameter to generate swagger documents with _swag init_). |
-| PersistAuthorization     | bool   | false      | If set to true, it persists authorization data and it would not be lost on browser close/refresh.                                                                                                                                                         |
-| Oauth2DefaultClientID    | string | ""         | If set, it's used to prepopulate the _client_id_ field of the OAuth2 Authorization dialog.                                                                                                                                                                |
+| DefaultModelExpandDepth | int    | 1          | The default expansion depth for the model on the model-example section.                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| InstanceName            | string | "swagger"  | The instance name of the swagger document. If multiple different swagger instances should be deployed on one gin router, ensure that each instance has a unique name (use the _--instanceName_ parameter to generate swagger documents with _swag init_). |
+| PersistAuthorization    | bool   | false      | If set to true, it persists authorization data and it would not be lost on browser close/refresh.                                                                                                                                                         |
+| Oauth2DefaultClientID   | string | ""         | If set, it's used to prepopulate the _client_id_ field of the OAuth2 Authorization dialog.                                                                                                                                                                |
diff --git a/swagger.go b/swagger.go
index 9206c78..b67ba99 100644
--- a/swagger.go
+++ b/swagger.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type swaggerConfig struct {
 	Title                    string
 	Oauth2RedirectURL        htmlTemplate.JS
 	DefaultModelsExpandDepth int
+	DefaultModelExpandDepth  int
 	DeepLinking              bool
 	PersistAuthorization     bool
 	Oauth2DefaultClientID    string
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	InstanceName             string
 	Title                    string
 	DefaultModelsExpandDepth int
+	DefaultModelExpandDepth  int
 	DeepLinking              bool
 	PersistAuthorization     bool
 	Oauth2DefaultClientID    string
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ func (config Config) toSwaggerConfig() swaggerConfig {
 		DeepLinking:              config.DeepLinking,
 		DocExpansion:             config.DocExpansion,
 		DefaultModelsExpandDepth: config.DefaultModelsExpandDepth,
+		DefaultModelExpandDepth:  config.DefaultModelExpandDepth,
 		Oauth2RedirectURL: "`${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}$" +
 			"{window.location.pathname.split('/').slice(0, window.location.pathname.split('/').length - 1).join('/')}" +
 			"/oauth2-redirect.html`",
@@ -83,6 +86,13 @@ func DefaultModelsExpandDepth(depth int) func(*Config) {
 	}
 }
 
+// DefaultModelExpandDepth set the default expansion depth for the model on the model-example section
+func DefaultModelExpandDepth(depth int) func(*Config) {
+	return func(c *Config) {
+		c.DefaultModelExpandDepth = depth
+	}
+}
+
 // InstanceName set the instance name that was used to generate the swagger documents
 // Defaults to swag.Name ("swagger").
 func InstanceName(name string) func(*Config) {
@@ -114,6 +124,7 @@ func WrapHandler(handler *webdav.Handler, options ...func(*Config)) gin.HandlerF
 		InstanceName:             swag.Name,
 		Title:                    "Swagger UI",
 		DefaultModelsExpandDepth: 1,
+		DefaultModelExpandDepth:  1,
 		DeepLinking:              true,
 		PersistAuthorization:     false,
 		Oauth2DefaultClientID:    "",
@@ -267,7 +278,8 @@ window.onload = function() {
 	layout: "StandaloneLayout",
     docExpansion: "{{.DocExpansion}}",
 	deepLinking: {{.DeepLinking}},
-	defaultModelsExpandDepth: {{.DefaultModelsExpandDepth}}
+	defaultModelsExpandDepth: {{.DefaultModelsExpandDepth}},
+	defaultModelExpandDepth: {{.DefaultModelExpandDepth}}
   })
 
   const defaultClientId = "{{.Oauth2DefaultClientID}}";