diff --git a/examples/COUPLE/README b/examples/COUPLE/README
index 07e878cbe6..abd70cb757 100644
--- a/examples/COUPLE/README
+++ b/examples/COUPLE/README
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ library.  Basically, you type something like
 make makelib
 make -f Makefile.lib g++
 
-in the LAMMPS src directory to create liblmp_g++.a
+in the LAMMPS src directory to create liblammps_g++.a
 
 The library interface to LAMMPS is in src/library.cpp.  Routines can
 be easily added to this file so an external program can perform the
diff --git a/examples/COUPLE/fortran2/README b/examples/COUPLE/fortran2/README
index 758e66d60a..4b14eefa93 100644
--- a/examples/COUPLE/fortran2/README
+++ b/examples/COUPLE/fortran2/README
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ compile.
 The following steps will work to compile this module (replace ${LAMMPS_SRC}
 with the path to your LAMMPS source directory):
  (1) Compile LAMMPS as a static library.  Call the resulting file ${LAMMPS_LIB},
-     which will have an actual name lake liblmp_openmpi.a.  If compiling
+     which will have an actual name lake liblammps_openmpi.a.  If compiling
      using the MPI stubs in ${LAMMPS_SRC}/STUBS, you will need to know where
      libmpi.a is as well (I'll call it ${MPI_STUBS} hereafter)
  (2) Copy said library to your Fortran program's source directory or include
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ with the path to your LAMMPS source directory):
      need to have the .mod file from part (3).
 
      It is also possible to add LAMMPS.o and LAMMPS-wrapper.o into the
-     LAMMPS library (e.g., liblmp_openmpi.a) instead of creating a separate
+     LAMMPS library (e.g., liblammps_openmpi.a) instead of creating a separate
      library, like so:
         ar rs ${LAMMPS_LIB} LAMMPS.o LAMMPS-wrapper.o
      In this case, you can now use the Fortran wrapper functions as if they