diff --git a/api/examples/controller-list.json b/api/examples/controller-list.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e883abac57fe0..0000000000000
--- a/api/examples/controller-list.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "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/api/examples/external-service.json b/api/examples/external-service.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 95d796e5049dc..0000000000000
--- a/api/examples/external-service.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "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
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d867de44e490..0000000000000
--- a/api/examples/pod-list.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "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/api/examples/service-list.json b/api/examples/service-list.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ac2963b1643c..0000000000000
--- a/api/examples/service-list.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "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
deleted file mode 100644
index f4ae8993db3a0..0000000000000
--- a/api/examples/service.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "kind": "Service",
-  "apiVersion": "v1beta1",
-  "id": "example",
-  "port": 8000,
-  "labels": {
-     "name": "nginx"
-  },
-  "selector": {
-     "name": "nginx"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/api/examples/controller.json b/cmd/integration/controller.json
similarity index 100%
rename from api/examples/controller.json
rename to cmd/integration/controller.json
diff --git a/cmd/integration/integration.go b/cmd/integration/integration.go
index ea6e23180ed59..619e3ecf4b6d7 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("api/examples/controller.json")
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("cmd/integration/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 5e267616df308..a93d8e27c8241 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 api/examples/pod.json
+cluster/kubectl.sh create -f docs/getting-started-guides/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 b4b1cb8f74059..3d4b2f7733112 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 api/examples/pod.json
+cluster/kubectl.sh create -f docs/getting-started-guides/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 031f119584827..2cb93e1603159 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 api/examples/pod.json
+cluster/kubectl.sh create -f docs/getting-started-guides/pod.json
 ```
 
 Congratulations!
diff --git a/api/examples/pod.json b/docs/getting-started-guides/pod.json
similarity index 100%
rename from api/examples/pod.json
rename to docs/getting-started-guides/pod.json
diff --git a/examples/examples_test.go b/examples/examples_test.go
index 26fde45d18b3c..d680cd2b683f3 100644
--- a/examples/examples_test.go
+++ b/examples/examples_test.go
@@ -98,14 +98,11 @@ func walkJSONFiles(inDir string, fn func(name, path string, data []byte)) error
 
 func TestExampleObjectSchemas(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := map[string]map[string]runtime.Object{
-		"../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{},
+		"../docs/getting-started-guides": {
+			"pod": &api.Pod{},
+		},
+		"../cmd/integration": {
+			"controller": &api.ReplicationController{},
 		},
 		"../examples/guestbook": {
 			"frontend-controller":     &api.ReplicationController{},