diff --git a/examples/01-http.php b/examples/01-http.php
index be7b1c0..779c31e 100644
--- a/examples/01-http.php
+++ b/examples/01-http.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // time out connection attempt in 3.0s
 $dns = new TimeoutConnector($dns, 3.0, $loop);
 
-$dns->create('www.google.com', 80)->then(function (ConnectionInterface $connection) {
+$dns->connect('www.google.com:80')->then(function (ConnectionInterface $connection) {
     $connection->on('data', function ($data) {
         echo $data;
     });
diff --git a/examples/02-https.php b/examples/02-https.php
index d18dce0..9c92a9a 100644
--- a/examples/02-https.php
+++ b/examples/02-https.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 // time out connection attempt in 3.0s
 $tls = new TimeoutConnector($tls, 3.0, $loop);
 
-$tls->create('www.google.com', 443)->then(function (ConnectionInterface $connection) {
+$tls->connect('www.google.com:443')->then(function (ConnectionInterface $connection) {
     $connection->on('data', function ($data) {
         echo $data;
     });
diff --git a/examples/03-netcat.php b/examples/03-netcat.php
index 5ede41a..e0c633c 100644
--- a/examples/03-netcat.php
+++ b/examples/03-netcat.php
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-if (!isset($argv[2])) {
-    fwrite(STDERR, 'Usage error: required arguments <host> <port>' . PHP_EOL);
+if (!isset($argv[1])) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, 'Usage error: required argument <host:port>' . PHP_EOL);
     exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 $stderr->write('Connecting' . PHP_EOL);
 
-$dns->create($argv[1], $argv[2])->then(function (ConnectionInterface $connection) use ($stdin, $stdout, $stderr) {
+$dns->connect($argv[1])->then(function (ConnectionInterface $connection) use ($stdin, $stdout, $stderr) {
     // pipe everything from STDIN into connection
     $stdin->resume();
     $stdin->pipe($connection);