diff --git a/lisp/org-src.el b/lisp/org-src.el
index 0ac2f0284..e55675a13 100644
--- a/lisp/org-src.el
+++ b/lisp/org-src.el
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ edited version.  An optional argument CONTEXT is used by \\[org-edit-src-save]
 when calling this function.  See `org-src-window-setup' to configure
 the display of windows containing the Org buffer and the code buffer."
   (interactive)
-  (if (not (org-in-block-p '("src" "example" "verbatim")))
-      (user-error "Not in a source code block")
+  (if (not (org-in-block-p '("src" "example")))
+      (user-error "Not in a source code or example block")
     (unless (eq context 'save)
       (setq org-edit-src-saved-temp-window-config (current-window-configuration)))
     (let* ((mark (and (org-region-active-p) (mark)))
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 66449e9fd..2f1493632 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -19361,7 +19361,7 @@ Otherwise, return a user error."
 	  (beginning-of-line 1)
 	  (let ((case-fold-search )) (looking-at "[ \t]*#\\+tblfm:"))))
     (call-interactively 'org-table-edit-formulas))
-   ((or (org-in-block-p '("src" "example" "verbatim"))
+   ((or (org-in-block-p '("src" "example"))
 	(org-at-table.el-p))
     (org-edit-src-code))
    ((org-in-fixed-width-region-p) (org-edit-fixed-width-region))