diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ You'll need Docker and the Go language compilation tools installed.
 6.  In another terminal window, switch to the directory:
 
         $ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/openshift/origin
-        $ output/go/bin/openshift kube create services -c examples/test-service.json
-    
+        $ output/go/bin/openshift kube create pods -c examples/hello-openshift/hello-pod.json
+
+    You can also try the [multiple container pod](https://github.com/openshift/origin/blob/master/examples/test-pod-multi.json) example that includes a database and an admin front-end.
+   
 Coming soon: Vagrant environments supporting OpenShift - see [Kubernetes README.md](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/master/README.md) for now.
 
 API
diff --git a/examples/hello-openshift/Dockerfile b/examples/hello-openshift/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4672929d850e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello-openshift/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FROM scratch
+MAINTAINER Jessica Forrester <jforrest@redhat.com>
+ADD hello_openshift /hello_openshift
+ENTRYPOINT ["/hello_openshift"]
diff --git a/examples/hello-openshift/README.md b/examples/hello-openshift/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67d58fd7066a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello-openshift/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Hello, OpenShift!
+-----------------
+
+This example will serve an http response of "Hello Openshift!" to [http://localhost:6061](http://localhost:6061).  To create the pod run:
+
+        $ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/openshift/origin
+        $ output/go/bin/openshift kube create pods -c examples/hello-openshift/hello-pod.json
+
+Contribute
+----------
+
+For any updates to hello_openshift.go, the hello_openshift binary should be rebuilt using:
+
+        $ CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a -ldflags '-s' hello_openshift.go
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diff --git a/examples/hello-openshift/hello-pod.json b/examples/hello-openshift/hello-pod.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f58ee398c017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello-openshift/hello-pod.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "id": "hello-openshift",
+  "kind": "Pod",
+  "apiVersion": "v1beta1",
+  "desiredState": {
+    "manifest": {
+      "version": "v1beta1",
+      "id": "hello-openshift",
+      "containers": [{
+        "name": "hello-openshift",
+        "image": "openshift/hello-openshift",
+        "ports": [{
+          "containerPort": 8080,
+          "hostPort": 6061
+        }]
+      }]
+    }
+  },
+  "labels": {
+    "name": "hello-openshift"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hello-openshift/hello_openshift b/examples/hello-openshift/hello_openshift
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..74266a1a220a
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diff --git a/examples/hello-openshift/hello_openshift.go b/examples/hello-openshift/hello_openshift.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..413b8fb5afaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello-openshift/hello_openshift.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func helloHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Hello OpenShift!")
+}
+
+func main() {
+	http.HandleFunc("/", helloHandler)
+
+	fmt.Println("Started, serving at 8080")
+	err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("ListenAndServe: " + err.Error())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/examples/test-pod-multi.json b/examples/test-pod-multi.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c12030d732bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/test-pod-multi.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "id": "mongodb-1",
+  "kind": "Pod",
+  "desiredState": {
+    "manifest": {
+      "version": "v1beta1",
+      "id": "mongodb-1",
+      "containers": [
+        {
+          "name": "rockmongo",
+          "image": "openshift/centos-rockmongo",
+          "ports": [{
+            "containerPort": 80,
+            "hostPort": 6060
+          }]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "mongodb",
+          "image": "openshift/centos-mongodb",
+          "ports": [{
+            "containerPort": 27017,
+            "hostPort": 27017
+          }]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "labels": {
+    "name": "mongodb_with_admin"
+  }
+}