diff --git a/examples/oshmem_circular_shift.c b/examples/oshmem_circular_shift.c
index f3e409e492d..3ff2d6d0c87 100644
--- a/examples/oshmem_circular_shift.c
+++ b/examples/oshmem_circular_shift.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014      Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -11,17 +11,15 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <shmem.h>
 
-#warning This application uses deprecated API see http://www.open-mpi.org/
-
 int main (void)
 {
     static int aaa, bbb;
     int num_pes, my_pe, peer;
 
-    start_pes(0);
+    shmem_init();
 
-    num_pes = _num_pes();
-    my_pe = _my_pe();
+    num_pes = shmem_n_pes();
+    my_pe = shmem_my_pe();
 
     peer = (my_pe + 1) % num_pes;
 
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@ int main (void)
 
     shmem_barrier_all();
     printf("Process %d exiting\n", my_pe);
+    shmem_finalize();
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/oshmem_max_reduction.c b/examples/oshmem_max_reduction.c
index 1bf026292ea..d0dec673af2 100644
--- a/examples/oshmem_max_reduction.c
+++ b/examples/oshmem_max_reduction.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014      Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 
 #include <shmem.h>
 
-#warning This application uses deprecated API see http://www.open-mpi.org/
-
 long pSync[_SHMEM_BCAST_SYNC_SIZE];
 
 #define N 3
@@ -34,10 +32,10 @@ int  main(void)
         pSync[i] = _SHMEM_SYNC_VALUE;
     }
 
-    start_pes(0);
+    shmem_init();
 
-    my_pe = _my_pe();
-    num_pes = _num_pes();
+    my_pe = shmem_my_pe();
+    num_pes = shmem_n_pes();
 
     for (i = 0; i < N; i += 1) {
         src[i] = my_pe + i;
@@ -54,6 +52,7 @@ int  main(void)
     }
 
     printf("\n");
+    shmem_finalize();
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/oshmem_shmalloc.c b/examples/oshmem_shmalloc.c
index 2c3f4cb6742..e5f9ab90907 100644
--- a/examples/oshmem_shmalloc.c
+++ b/examples/oshmem_shmalloc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014      Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@
 
 #include <shmem.h>
 
-#warning This application uses deprecated API see http://www.open-mpi.org/
-
 int main(void)
 {
     long *x;
 
-    start_pes(0);
+    shmem_init();
+
+    x = (long *) shmem_malloc(sizeof(*x));
 
-    x = (long *) shmalloc(sizeof(*x));
+    shmem_free(x);
 
-    shfree(x);
+    shmem_finalize();
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/oshmem_strided_puts.c b/examples/oshmem_strided_puts.c
index 5ec24419779..e9f31ddb749 100644
--- a/examples/oshmem_strided_puts.c
+++ b/examples/oshmem_strided_puts.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014      Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -27,16 +27,14 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <shmem.h>
 
-#warning This application uses deprecated API see http://www.open-mpi.org/
-
 int main(void)
 {
     short source[10] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 };
     static short target[10];
     int me;
 
-    start_pes(0);
-    me = _my_pe();
+    shmem_init();
+    me = shmem_my_pe();
 
     if (me == 0) {
         /* put 10 words into target on PE 1 */
@@ -51,6 +49,7 @@ int main(void)
         target[3], target[4] );
     }
     shmem_barrier_all(); /* sync before exiting */
+    shmem_finalize();
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/oshmem_symmetric_data.c b/examples/oshmem_symmetric_data.c
index 9aaaeabac1a..7c5a1db6b53 100644
--- a/examples/oshmem_symmetric_data.c
+++ b/examples/oshmem_symmetric_data.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014      Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <shmem.h>
 
-#warning This application uses deprecated API see http://www.open-mpi.org/
-
 #define SIZE 16
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
@@ -22,10 +20,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     int i;
     int num_pe, my_pe;
 
-    start_pes(0);
+    shmem_init();
 
-    num_pe = _num_pes();
-    my_pe = _my_pe();
+    num_pe = shmem_n_pes();
+    my_pe = shmem_my_pe();
 
     if (my_pe == 0) {
         /* initialize array */
@@ -52,6 +50,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     }
 
     shmem_barrier_all(); /* sync before exiting */
+    shmem_finalize();
 
     return 0;
 }