diff --git a/gcloud-java-examples/README.md b/gcloud-java-examples/README.md
index 5d610014d8c0..a8bb5a35085a 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-examples/README.md
+++ b/gcloud-java-examples/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Examples for gcloud-java (Java idiomatic client for [Google Cloud Platform][clou
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--  [Homepage] (https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/gcloud-java/)
--  [Examples] (http://googlecloudplatform.github.io/gcloud-java/apidocs/index.html?com/google/cloud/examples/package-summary.html)
+-  [Homepage](https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/gcloud-java/)
+-  [Examples](http://googlecloudplatform.github.io/gcloud-java/apidocs/index.html?com/google/cloud/examples/package-summary.html)
 
 Quickstart
 ----------
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ To run examples from your command line:
 
 2. Set your current project using `gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID`. This step is not necessary for `ResourceManagerExample`.
 
-3. Compile using Maven: `cd gcloud-java-examples` in command line from your base project directory and then `mvn package appassembler:assemble -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true  -Dmaven.source.skip=true`.
+3. Compile using Maven: `mvn install -DskipTests` in command line from your base project directory
+   then `cd gcloud-java-examples` and finally `mvn package appassembler:assemble -DskipTests`.
 
 4. Run an example from the command line using the Maven-generated scripts.
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ To run examples from your command line:
     target/appassembler/bin/DatastoreExample your-project-id my_name add my\ comment
     target/appassembler/bin/DatastoreExample your-project-id my_name display
     target/appassembler/bin/DatastoreExample your-project-id my_name delete
+    ```
 
   * Here's an example run of `DnsExample`.
 
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ Java 7 or above is required for using this client.
 Versioning
 ----------
 
-This library follows [Semantic Versioning] (http://semver.org/).
+This library follows [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 It is currently in major version zero (``0.y.z``), which means that anything
 may change at any time and the public API should not be considered
diff --git a/gcloud-java-examples/pom.xml b/gcloud-java-examples/pom.xml
index 34b6026fa7ea..e8f00852d079 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/gcloud-java-examples/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.10</version>
         <configuration>
           <programs>
             <program>
diff --git a/gcloud-java-examples/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/examples/nio/Stat.java b/gcloud-java-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/nio/Stat.java
similarity index 100%
rename from gcloud-java-examples/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/examples/nio/Stat.java
rename to gcloud-java-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/nio/Stat.java