diff --git a/examples/13-http-client-blocking.php b/examples/13-http-client-blocking.php
index f0562c90..ae119b5a 100644
--- a/examples/13-http-client-blocking.php
+++ b/examples/13-http-client-blocking.php
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-// connect to www.google.com:80 (blocking call!)
+// connect to example.com:80 (blocking call!)
 // for illustration purposes only, should use react/socket instead
-$stream = stream_socket_client('tcp://www.google.com:80');
+$stream = stream_socket_client('tcp://example.com:80');
 if (!$stream) {
     exit(1);
 }
 stream_set_blocking($stream, false);
 
 // send HTTP request
-fwrite($stream, "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: www.google.com\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
+fwrite($stream, "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: example.com\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
 
 // wait for HTTP response
 Loop::addReadStream($stream, function ($stream) {
diff --git a/examples/14-http-client-async.php b/examples/14-http-client-async.php
index 074a0eac..93419c02 100644
--- a/examples/14-http-client-async.php
+++ b/examples/14-http-client-async.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 // resolve hostname before establishing TCP/IP connection (resolving DNS is still blocking here)
 // for illustration purposes only, should use react/socket or react/dns instead!
-$ip = gethostbyname('www.google.com');
+$ip = gethostbyname('example.com');
 if (ip2long($ip) === false) {
     echo 'Unable to resolve hostname' . PHP_EOL;
     exit(1);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     }
 
     // send HTTP request
-    fwrite($stream, "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: www.google.com\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
+    fwrite($stream, "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: example.com\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
 
     // wait for HTTP response
     Loop::addReadStream($stream, function ($stream) {