diff --git a/api/examples/controller-list.json b/api/examples/controller-list.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e883abac57fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/examples/controller-list.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+    "kind": "ReplicationControllerList",
+    "apiVersion": "v1beta1",
+    "items": [
+        {
+            "id": "test-run",
+            "desiredState": {
+                "replicas": 2,
+                "replicaSelector": {
+                    "name": "test-run"
+                },
+                "podTemplate": {
+                    "desiredState": {
+                        "manifest": {
+                            "version": "v1beta1",
+                            "image": "dockerfile/nginx",
+                            "networkPorts": [
+                                {
+                                    "hostPort": 8080,
+                                    "containerPort": 80
+                                }
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "labels": {
+                        "name": "test-run"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "labels": {
+                "name": "test-run"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/cmd/integration/controller.json b/api/examples/controller.json
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/integration/controller.json
rename to api/examples/controller.json
diff --git a/api/examples/external-service.json b/api/examples/external-service.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..95d796e5049dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/examples/external-service.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "id": "example",
+  "kind": "Service",
+  "apiVersion": "v1beta1",
+  "port": 8000,
+  "labels": {
+     "name": "nginx"
+  },
+  "selector": {
+     "name": "nginx"
+  },
+  "createExternalLoadBalancer": true
+}
diff --git a/api/examples/pod-list.json b/api/examples/pod-list.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5d867de44e490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/examples/pod-list.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+    "kind": "PodList",
+    "apiVersion": "v1beta1",
+    "items": [
+        {
+            "id": "my-pod-1",
+            "labels": {
+                "name": "test-run",
+                "replicationcontroller": "test-run"
+            },
+            "desiredState": {
+              "manifest": {
+                "version": "v1beta1",
+                "id": "my-pod-1",
+                "containers": [{
+                  "name": "nginx",
+                  "image": "dockerfile/nginx",
+                  "ports": [{
+                    "hostPort": 8080,
+                    "containerPort": 80
+                  }]
+                }]
+              }
+            },
+            "currentState": {
+                "host": "host-1"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "my-pod-2",
+            "labels": {
+                "name": "test-run",
+                "replicationcontroller": "test-run"
+            },
+            "desiredState": {
+              "manifest": {
+                "version": "v1beta1",
+                "id": "my-pod-2",
+                "containers": [{
+                  "name": "nginx",
+                  "image": "dockerfile/nginx",
+                  "ports": [{
+                    "hostPort": 8080,
+                    "containerPort": 80
+                  }]
+                }]
+              }
+            },
+            "currentState": {
+                "host": "host-2"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/pod.json b/api/examples/pod.json
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/getting-started-guides/pod.json
rename to api/examples/pod.json
diff --git a/api/examples/service-list.json b/api/examples/service-list.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1ac2963b1643c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/examples/service-list.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+    "kind": "ServiceList",
+    "apiVersion": "v1beta1",
+    "items": [
+        {
+            "id": "example1",
+            "port": 8000,
+            "labels": {
+                "name": "nginx"
+            },
+            "selector": {
+                "name": "nginx"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "example2",
+            "port": 8080,
+            "labels": {
+                "env": "prod",
+                "name": "jetty"
+            },
+            "selector": {
+                "env": "prod",
+                "name": "jetty"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/api/examples/service.json b/api/examples/service.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f4ae8993db3a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/examples/service.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "kind": "Service",
+  "apiVersion": "v1beta1",
+  "id": "example",
+  "port": 8000,
+  "labels": {
+     "name": "nginx"
+  },
+  "selector": {
+     "name": "nginx"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cmd/integration/integration.go b/cmd/integration/integration.go
index 619e3ecf4b6d7..ea6e23180ed59 100644
--- a/cmd/integration/integration.go
+++ b/cmd/integration/integration.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func podExists(c *client.Client, podNamespace string, podID string) wait.Conditi
 }
 
 func runReplicationControllerTest(c *client.Client) {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("cmd/integration/controller.json")
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("api/examples/controller.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/azure.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/azure.md
index a93d8e27c8241..5e267616df308 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/azure.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/azure.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ You can create a pod like this:
 
 ```
 cd kubernetes
-cluster/kubectl.sh create -f docs/getting-started-guides/pod.json
+cluster/kubectl.sh create -f api/examples/pod.json
 ```
 
 Where pod.json contains something like:
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/gce.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/gce.md
index 3d4b2f7733112..b4b1cb8f74059 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/gce.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/gce.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ can create a pod like this:
 
 ```bash
 cd kubernetes
-cluster/kubectl.sh create -f docs/getting-started-guides/pod.json
+cluster/kubectl.sh create -f api/examples/pod.json
 ```
 
 Where pod.json contains something like:
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/locally.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/locally.md
index 958d754f25f5a..739a1e62a5d8e 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/locally.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/locally.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ However you can't view the nginx start page on localhost. To verify that nginx i
 You can control the specifications of a pod via a user defined manifest, and reach nginx through your browser on the port specified therein:
 
 ```
-cluster/kubectl.sh create -f docs/getting-started-guides/pod.json
+cluster/kubectl.sh create -f api/examples/pod.json
 ```
 
 Congratulations!
diff --git a/examples/examples_test.go b/examples/examples_test.go
index d680cd2b683f3..26fde45d18b3c 100644
--- a/examples/examples_test.go
+++ b/examples/examples_test.go
@@ -98,11 +98,14 @@ func walkJSONFiles(inDir string, fn func(name, path string, data []byte)) error
 
 func TestExampleObjectSchemas(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := map[string]map[string]runtime.Object{
-		"../docs/getting-started-guides": {
-			"pod": &api.Pod{},
-		},
-		"../cmd/integration": {
-			"controller": &api.ReplicationController{},
+		"../api/examples": {
+			"controller":       &api.ReplicationController{},
+			"controller-list":  &api.ReplicationControllerList{},
+			"pod":              &api.Pod{},
+			"pod-list":         &api.PodList{},
+			"service":          &api.Service{},
+			"external-service": &api.Service{},
+			"service-list":     &api.ServiceList{},
 		},
 		"../examples/guestbook": {
 			"frontend-controller":     &api.ReplicationController{},