diff --git a/examples/c/README b/examples/c/README
index 5ea885519..4ca71e0f8 100644
--- a/examples/c/README
+++ b/examples/c/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Small example using the c++ bindings.
+Small example using the C bindings.
 To build the example execute
    make examples
 in the build directory.
diff --git a/examples/maxsat/README b/examples/maxsat/README
index cf022d847..e5e4ba610 100644
--- a/examples/maxsat/README
+++ b/examples/maxsat/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Small example using the c++ bindings.
+Small example using the C bindings.
 To build the example execute
    make examples
 in the build directory.