diff --git a/demos/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from demos/Makefile
rename to examples/Makefile
diff --git a/demos/auth.c b/examples/auth.c
similarity index 95%
rename from demos/auth.c
rename to examples/auth.c
index d11ffde7..0edbd18c 100644
--- a/demos/auth.c
+++ b/examples/auth.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * GraxRabble
- * Demo programs for libsodium.
+ * example programs for libsodium.
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <sodium.h> /* library header */
 
-#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by demos */
+#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by examples */
 
 /*
  * This operation computes an authentication tag for a message and a
diff --git a/demos/box.c b/examples/box.c
similarity index 97%
rename from demos/box.c
rename to examples/box.c
index 918a4f90..d19dde86 100644
--- a/demos/box.c
+++ b/examples/box.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * GraxRabble
- * Demo programs for libsodium.
+ * example programs for libsodium.
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <sodium.h> /* library header */
 
-#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by demos */
+#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by examples */
 
 /*
  * Using public-key authenticated encryption, Bob can encrypt a
diff --git a/demos/box_detached.c b/examples/box_detached.c
similarity index 97%
rename from demos/box_detached.c
rename to examples/box_detached.c
index f93b7af7..e7f5de3f 100644
--- a/demos/box_detached.c
+++ b/examples/box_detached.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * GraxRabble
- * Demo programs for libsodium.
+ * example programs for libsodium.
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <sodium.h> /* library header */
 
-#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by demos */
+#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by examples */
 
 /*
  * Using public-key authenticated encryption, Bob can encrypt a
diff --git a/demos/generichash.c b/examples/generichash.c
similarity index 96%
rename from demos/generichash.c
rename to examples/generichash.c
index 2167514b..e4cd3700 100644
--- a/demos/generichash.c
+++ b/examples/generichash.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * GraxRabble
- * Demo programs for libsodium.
+ * example programs for libsodium.
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <sodium.h> /* library header */
 
-#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by demos */
+#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by examples */
 
 /*
  * This function computes a fixed-length fingerprint for an arbitrary long message.
diff --git a/demos/generichash_stream.c b/examples/generichash_stream.c
similarity index 94%
rename from demos/generichash_stream.c
rename to examples/generichash_stream.c
index 4550ac10..cb01f13a 100644
--- a/demos/generichash_stream.c
+++ b/examples/generichash_stream.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * GraxRabble
- * Demo programs for libsodium.
+ * example programs for libsodium.
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <sodium.h> /* library header */
 
-#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by demos */
+#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by examples */
 
 /*
  * Streaming variant of generic hash. This has the ability to hash
diff --git a/demos/shorthash.c b/examples/shorthash.c
similarity index 94%
rename from demos/shorthash.c
rename to examples/shorthash.c
index 0cd6cdd0..9e7f9e4d 100644
--- a/demos/shorthash.c
+++ b/examples/shorthash.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * GraxRabble
- * Demo programs for libsodium.
+ * example programs for libsodium.
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <sodium.h> /* library header */
 
-#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by demos */
+#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by examples */
 
 /*
  * Many applications and programming language implementations were
diff --git a/demos/sign.c b/examples/sign.c
similarity index 96%
rename from demos/sign.c
rename to examples/sign.c
index 78a9279f..b95e9d81 100644
--- a/demos/sign.c
+++ b/examples/sign.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * GraxRabble
- * Demo programs for libsodium.
+ * example programs for libsodium.
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <sodium.h> /* library header */
 
-#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by demos */
+#include "utils.h" /* utility functions shared by examples */
 
 /*
  * Signs a message with secret key which will authenticate a message.
diff --git a/demos/utils.h b/examples/utils.h
similarity index 100%
rename from demos/utils.h
rename to examples/utils.h