diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2bf4daae82..f25415f0b0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #16223 Make JSON input transformation editor less narrow
 - issue #14340 Add a button on Export Page to show the SQL Query
 - issue #16304 Add support for INET6 column type
+- issue #16337 Fix example insert/update query default values
 
 5.0.3 (not yet released)
 - issue #15983 Require twig ^2.9
diff --git a/js/src/functions.js b/js/src/functions.js
index f9d1be88f9..1866d88c66 100644
--- a/js/src/functions.js
+++ b/js/src/functions.js
@@ -1296,8 +1296,8 @@ Functions.insertQuery = function (queryType) {
                 editDis += ',';
             }
             columnsList += myListBox.options[i].value;
-            valDis += '[value-' + NbSelect + ']';
-            editDis += myListBox.options[i].value + '=[value-' + NbSelect + ']';
+            valDis += '\'[value-' + NbSelect + ']\'';
+            editDis += myListBox.options[i].value + '=\'[value-' + NbSelect + ']\'';
         }
         if (queryType === 'selectall') {
             query = 'SELECT * FROM `' + table + '` WHERE 1';