diff --git a/examples/README.rst b/examples/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a828cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Run these examples from the root directory of pycparser
diff --git a/examples/using_cpp_libc.py b/examples/using_cpp_libc.py
index bc529a0..4fdf881 100644
--- a/examples/using_cpp_libc.py
+++ b/examples/using_cpp_libc.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         filename = 'examples/c_files/year.c'
 
     ast = parse_file(filename, use_cpp=True,
-            cpp_path='cpp', 
+            cpp_path='cpp',
             cpp_args=r'-Iutils/fake_libc_include')
-    
     ast.show()
diff --git a/examples/using_gcc_E_libc.py b/examples/using_gcc_E_libc.py
index 789c0c3..8c9e713 100644
--- a/examples/using_gcc_E_libc.py
+++ b/examples/using_gcc_E_libc.py
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@
     ast = parse_file(filename, use_cpp=True,
             cpp_path='gcc',
             cpp_args=['-E', r'-Iutils/fake_libc_include'])
-
     ast.show()