diff --git a/examples/AddPerson.java b/examples/AddPerson.java
index 2f6a2313f299..83971ab49ffe 100644
--- a/examples/AddPerson.java
+++ b/examples/AddPerson.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// See README.txt for information and build instructions.
+// See README.md for information and build instructions.
 
 import com.example.tutorial.protos.AddressBook;
 import com.example.tutorial.protos.Person;
diff --git a/examples/ListPeople.java b/examples/ListPeople.java
index ab07b7914d61..d0e037a86589 100644
--- a/examples/ListPeople.java
+++ b/examples/ListPeople.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// See README.txt for information and build instructions.
+// See README.md for information and build instructions.
 
 import com.example.tutorial.protos.AddressBook;
 import com.example.tutorial.protos.Person;
diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
index 1c7ec8d632df..1ed7f67fd181 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile
+++ b/examples/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# See README.txt.
+# See README.md.
 
 .PHONY: all cpp java python clean
 
diff --git a/examples/add_person.cc b/examples/add_person.cc
index 856e90bb7bb6..d54d0f1331b4 100644
--- a/examples/add_person.cc
+++ b/examples/add_person.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// See README.txt for information and build instructions.
+// See README.md for information and build instructions.
 
 #include <ctime>
 #include <fstream>
diff --git a/examples/add_person.py b/examples/add_person.py
index aa0fbca7375d..aa53d58ed376 100755
--- a/examples/add_person.py
+++ b/examples/add_person.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 
-# See README.txt for information and build instructions.
+# See README.md for information and build instructions.
 
 import addressbook_pb2
 import sys
diff --git a/examples/addressbook.proto b/examples/addressbook.proto
index 1bff4ad3bd64..5f526980de72 100644
--- a/examples/addressbook.proto
+++ b/examples/addressbook.proto
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// See README.txt for information and build instructions.
+// See README.md for information and build instructions.
 //
 // Note: START and END tags are used in comments to define sections used in
 // tutorials.  They are not part of the syntax for Protocol Buffers.
diff --git a/examples/list_people.cc b/examples/list_people.cc
index b309c5968047..6f0cf20aa90c 100644
--- a/examples/list_people.cc
+++ b/examples/list_people.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// See README.txt for information and build instructions.
+// See README.md for information and build instructions.
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <google/protobuf/util/time_util.h>
diff --git a/examples/list_people.py b/examples/list_people.py
index d2c294c6f5cb..98a08eda19d5 100755
--- a/examples/list_people.py
+++ b/examples/list_people.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 
-# See README.txt for information and build instructions.
+# See README.md for information and build instructions.
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 import addressbook_pb2