diff --git a/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/recipes/SelectRecipeExamplesTest.java b/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/recipes/SelectRecipeExamplesTest.java
index 99889c1a12b..ebeaae33823 100644
--- a/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/recipes/SelectRecipeExamplesTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/recipes/SelectRecipeExamplesTest.java
@@ -412,4 +412,29 @@ void test1() {
           )
         );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void skipNestedClasses() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+              import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+              import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+              
+              import static org.openrewrite.test.SourceSpecs.text;
+
+              class OuterClass implements RewriteTest {
+                @Nested
+                class InnerClass {
+                  @Test
+                  void test1() {
+                    rewriteRun(text("before", "after"));
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/recipes/SelectRecipeExamples.java b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/recipes/SelectRecipeExamples.java
index aab1e056815..25820e3771b 100644
--- a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/recipes/SelectRecipeExamples.java
+++ b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/recipes/SelectRecipeExamples.java
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@
 public class SelectRecipeExamples extends Recipe {
 
     private static final String DOCUMENT_EXAMPLE_ANNOTATION_FQN = "org.openrewrite.DocumentExample";
-    private static final AnnotationMatcher TEST_ANNOTATION_MATCHER = new AnnotationMatcher("@org.junit.jupiter.api" +
-                                                                                           ".Test");
+    private static final AnnotationMatcher TEST_ANNOTATION_MATCHER = new AnnotationMatcher("@org.junit.jupiter.api.Test");
     private static final AnnotationMatcher ISSUE_ANNOTATION_MATCHER = new AnnotationMatcher("@org.openrewrite.Issue");
-    private static final AnnotationMatcher DISABLED_ANNOTATION_MATCHER = new AnnotationMatcher("@org.junit.jupiter" +
-                                                                                               ".api.Disabled");
+    private static final AnnotationMatcher DISABLED_ANNOTATION_MATCHER = new AnnotationMatcher("@org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled");
+    private static final AnnotationMatcher NESTED_ANNOTATION_MATCHER = new AnnotationMatcher("@org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested");
     private static final AnnotationMatcher DOCUMENT_EXAMPLE_ANNOTATION_MATCHER =
             new AnnotationMatcher("@" + DOCUMENT_EXAMPLE_ANNOTATION_FQN);
 
@@ -101,6 +100,12 @@ public J.MethodDeclaration visitMethodDeclaration(J.MethodDeclaration method,
                     return method;
                 }
 
+                J.ClassDeclaration clazz = getCursor().dropParentUntil(J.ClassDeclaration.class::isInstance).getValue();
+                boolean insideNestedClass = clazz != null && clazz.getLeadingAnnotations().stream().anyMatch(NESTED_ANNOTATION_MATCHER::matches);
+                if (insideNestedClass) {
+                    return method;
+                }
+
                 // a good recipe example should have both before and after.
                 boolean isAGoodExample = new JavaIsoVisitor<AtomicBoolean>() {
                     @Override