diff --git a/examples/couple/README b/examples/couple/README
index f766505788..d9d787bd7c 100644
--- a/examples/couple/README
+++ b/examples/couple/README
@@ -24,21 +24,19 @@ You can then build either driver code with a compile line something
 like this, which includes paths to the LAMMPS library interface, MPI,
 and FFTW.
 
-This builds the C driver with the LAMMPS library using a C compiler:
-
-gcc -I/home/sjplimp/tools/mpich/include -I/home/sjplimp/lammps/new2 \
-    -L/home/sjplimp/lammps/new2 -L/home/sjplimp/tools/mpich/lib \
-    -L/home/sjplimp/tools/fftw/lib c_driver.c \
-    -llmp_g++ -lfftw -lmpich -lstdc++ -o c_driver
-
 This builds the C++ driver with the LAMMPS library using a C++ compiler:
 
-g++ -I/home/sjplimp/tools/mpich/include -I/home/sjplimp/lammps/new2 \
-    -L/home/sjplimp/lammps/new2 -L/home/sjplimp/tools/mpich/lib \
-    -L/home/sjplimp/tools/fftw/lib c++_driver.cpp \
-    -llmp_g++ -lfftw -lmpich -o c++_driver
+g++ -I/home/sjplimp/lammps/src -c c++_driver.cpp
+g++ -L/home/sjplimp/lammps/src c++_driver.o \
+    -llmp_g++ -lfftw -lmpich -lpthread -o c++_driver
 
-You then run c_driver or c++_driver on a parallel machine on some
+This builds the C driver with the LAMMPS library using a C compiler:
+
+gcc -I/home/sjplimp/lammps/src -c c_driver.cpp
+gcc -L/home/sjplimp/lammps/src c_driver.o \
+    -llmp_g++ -lfftw -lmpich -lpthread -lstdc++ -o c_driver
+
+You then run c++_driver or c_driver on a parallel machine on some
 number of processors Q with 2 arguments:
 
 mpirun -np Q c_driver P in.lj
diff --git a/examples/couple/c++_driver.cpp b/examples/couple/c++_driver.cpp
index 4b59e61575..ff78e49657 100644
--- a/examples/couple/c++_driver.cpp
+++ b/examples/couple/c++_driver.cpp
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
    See the README file in the top-level LAMMPS directory.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-// umbrella = simple example of how an umbrella program
-//            can invoke LAMMPS as a library on some subset of procs
-// Syntax: umbrella P in.lammps
+// c++_driver = simple example of how an umbrella program
+//              can invoke LAMMPS as a library on some subset of procs
+// Syntax: c++_driver P in.lammps
 //         P = # of procs to run LAMMPS on
-//             must be <= # of procs the umbrella code itself runs on
+//             must be <= # of procs the driver code itself runs on
 //         in.lammps = LAMMPS input script
 // See README for compilation instructions
 
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ using namespace LAMMPS_NS;
 int main(int narg, char **arg)
 {
   // setup MPI and various communicators
-  // umbrella is all procs in MPI_COMM_WORLD
+  // driver runs on all procs in MPI_COMM_WORLD
   // comm_lammps only has 1st P procs (could be all or any subset)
 
   MPI_Init(&narg,&arg);
 
   if (narg != 3) {
-    printf("Syntax: umbrella P in.lammps\n");
+    printf("Syntax: c++_driver P in.lammps\n");
     exit(1);
   }
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int main(int narg, char **arg)
   }
 
   // run the input script thru LAMMPS one line at a time until end-of-file
-  // umbrella proc 0 reads a line, Bcasts it to all procs
+  // driver proc 0 reads a line, Bcasts it to all procs
   // (could just send it to proc 0 of comm_lammps and let it Bcast)
   // all LAMMPS procs call input->one() on the line
   
diff --git a/examples/couple/c_driver.c b/examples/couple/c_driver.c
index b219beb608..5b80815160 100644
--- a/examples/couple/c_driver.c
+++ b/examples/couple/c_driver.c
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
    See the README file in the top-level LAMMPS directory.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-/* umbrella = simple example of how an umbrella program
+/* c_driver = simple example of how an umbrella program
               can invoke LAMMPS as a library on some subset of procs
-   Syntax: umbrella P in.lammps
+   Syntax: c_driver P in.lammps
            P = # of procs to run LAMMPS on
-               must be <= # of procs the umbrella code itself runs on
+               must be <= # of procs the driver code itself runs on
            in.lammps = LAMMPS input script
    See README for compilation instructions */
 
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
 int main(int narg, char **arg)
 {
   /* setup MPI and various communicators
-     umbrella is all procs in MPI_COMM_WORLD
+     driver runs on all procs in MPI_COMM_WORLD
      comm_lammps only has 1st P procs (could be all or any subset) */
 
   MPI_Init(&narg,&arg);
 
   if (narg != 3) {
-    printf("Syntax: umbrella P in.lammps\n");
+    printf("Syntax: c_driver P in.lammps\n");
     exit(1);
   }
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int main(int narg, char **arg)
   }
 
   /* run the input script thru LAMMPS one line at a time until end-of-file
-     umbrella proc 0 reads a line, Bcasts it to all procs
+     driver proc 0 reads a line, Bcasts it to all procs
      (could just send it to proc 0 of comm_lammps and let it Bcast)
      all LAMMPS procs call lammps_command() on the line */