diff --git a/examples/c/test_capi.c b/examples/c/test_capi.c
index 385035361..89c0814f7 100644
--- a/examples/c/test_capi.c
+++ b/examples/c/test_capi.c
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ void error_code_example2() {
         Z3_del_context(ctx);
     }
     else {
-      printf("Z3 error: %s.\n", Z3_get_error_msg_ex(ctx, (Z3_error_code)r));
+      printf("Z3 error: %s.\n", Z3_get_error_msg(ctx, (Z3_error_code)r));
         if (ctx != NULL) {
             Z3_del_context(ctx);
         }
@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@ void parser_example5() {
         Z3_del_context(ctx);
     }
     else {
-      printf("Z3 error: %s.\n", Z3_get_error_msg_ex(ctx, (Z3_error_code)r));
+      printf("Z3 error: %s.\n", Z3_get_error_msg(ctx, (Z3_error_code)r));
         if (ctx != NULL) {
             printf("Error message: '%s'.\n",Z3_get_smtlib_error(ctx));
 	    del_solver(ctx, s);
diff --git a/examples/tptp/tptp5.cpp b/examples/tptp/tptp5.cpp
index 6c355a4a9..2773b6cc9 100644
--- a/examples/tptp/tptp5.cpp
+++ b/examples/tptp/tptp5.cpp
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ static bool is_smt2_file(char const* filename) {
 static void check_error(z3::context& ctx) {
     Z3_error_code e = Z3_get_error_code(ctx);
     if (e != Z3_OK) {
-        std::cout << Z3_get_error_msg_ex(ctx, e) << "\n";
+        std::cout << Z3_get_error_msg(ctx, e) << "\n";
         exit(1);
     }
 }