diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0a5e1678..07a6e37b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,25 +7,11 @@ ocitools is a collection of tools for working with the [OCI runtime specificatio
 [`ocitools generate`][generate.1] generates [configuration JSON][config.json] for an [OCI bundle][bundle].
 [OCI-compatible runtimes][runtime-spec] like [runC][] expect to read the configuration from `config.json`.
 
-```sh
-$ ocitools generate --output config.json
-$ cat config.json
-{
-        "ociVersion": "0.5.0",
-        …
-}
-```
-
 ## Validating an OCI bundle
 
 [`ocitools validate`][validate.1] validates an OCI bundle.
 The error message will be printed if the OCI bundle failed the validation procedure.
 
-```sh
-$ ocitools generate
-$ ocitools validate
-INFO[0000] Bundle validation succeeded.
-```
 
 ## Testing OCI runtimes
 
diff --git a/man/ocitools-generate.1.md b/man/ocitools-generate.1.md
index eb79b74ee..8d7a382df 100644
--- a/man/ocitools-generate.1.md
+++ b/man/ocitools-generate.1.md
@@ -226,6 +226,16 @@ inside of the container.
 
 # EXAMPLES
 
+## Generate a default configuration
+
+With choices that the ocitools developers think are sane.
+
+    $ ocitools generate
+    {
+            "ociVersion": "0.5.0",
+            …
+    }
+
 ## Generating container in read-only mode
 
 During container image development, containers often need to write to the image
@@ -237,14 +247,14 @@ This protects the containers image from modification. Read only containers may
 still need to write temporary data.  The best way to handle this is to mount
 tmpfs directories on /generate and /tmp.
 
-    # ocitools generate --read-only --tmpfs /generate --tmpfs /tmp --tmpfs /run  --rootfs /var/lib/containers/fedora /bin/bash
+    $ ocitools generate --read-only --tmpfs /generate --tmpfs /tmp --tmpfs /run  --rootfs /var/lib/containers/fedora /bin/bash
 
 ## Exposing log messages from the container to the host's log
 
 If you want messages that are logged in your container to show up in the host's
 syslog/journal then you should bind mount the /dev/log directory as follows.
 
-    # ocitools generate --bind /dev/log:/dev/log  --rootfs /var/lib/containers/fedora /bin/bash
+    $ ocitools generate --bind /dev/log:/dev/log  --rootfs /var/lib/containers/fedora /bin/bash
 
 From inside the container you can test this by sending a message to the log.
 
@@ -264,13 +274,13 @@ To mount a host directory as a container volume, specify the absolute path to
 the directory and the absolute path for the container directory separated by a
 colon:
 
-    # ocitools generate --bind /var/db:/data1  --rootfs /var/lib/containers/fedora --args bash
+    $ ocitools generate --bind /var/db:/data1  --rootfs /var/lib/containers/fedora --args bash
 
 ## Using SELinux
 
 You can use SELinux to add security to the container.  You must specify the process label to run the init process inside of the container using the --selinux-label.
 
-    # ocitools generate --bind /var/db:/data1  --selinux-label system_u:system_r:svirt_lxc_net_t:s0:c1,c2 --mount-label system_u:object_r:svirt_sandbox_file_t:s0:c1,c2 --rootfs /var/lib/containers/fedora --args bash
+    $ ocitools generate --bind /var/db:/data1  --selinux-label system_u:system_r:svirt_lxc_net_t:s0:c1,c2 --mount-label system_u:object_r:svirt_sandbox_file_t:s0:c1,c2 --rootfs /var/lib/containers/fedora --args bash
 
 Not in the above example we used a type of svirt_lxc_net_t and an MCS Label of s0:c1,c2.  If you want to guarantee separation between containers, you need to make sure that each container gets launched with a different MCS Label pair.
 
diff --git a/man/ocitools-validate.1.md b/man/ocitools-validate.1.md
index a65a152cc..74b7a9a42 100644
--- a/man/ocitools-validate.1.md
+++ b/man/ocitools-validate.1.md
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ Validate an OCI bundle
   launching this container"), but will fail with it ("this host is not capable
   of launching this container").
 
+# EXAMPLES
+
+Generate a basic configuration:
+
+    $ ocitools generate --output config.json
+    $ mkdir rootfs
+
+Validate it for specification compliance:
+
+    $ ocitools validate
+    Bundle validation succeeded.
+
+Check whether it will run on your current host:
+
+    $ ocitools validate --host-specific
+    Bundle validation succeeded.
+
 # SEE ALSO
 **ocitools**(1)