diff --git a/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.c b/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.c
index 91d499b674..c50f289b7a 100644
--- a/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.c
+++ b/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 /* 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
+   Syntax: simpleC P in.lammps
            P = # of procs to run LAMMPS on
                must be <= # of procs the driver code itself runs on
            in.lammps = LAMMPS input script
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int main(int narg, char **arg)
   MPI_Init(&narg,&arg);
 
   if (narg != 3) {
-    printf("Syntax: c_driver P in.lammps\n");
+    printf("Syntax: simpleC P in.lammps\n");
     exit(1);
   }
 
diff --git a/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.f90 b/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.f90
index c926b8ce5f..eb5c272527 100644
--- a/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.f90
+++ b/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.f90
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 ! f_driver = simple example of how an umbrella program
 !            can invoke LAMMPS as a library on some subset of procs
-! Syntax: f_driver P in.lammps
+! Syntax: simpleF P in.lammps
 !         P = # of procs to run LAMMPS on
 !             must be <= # of procs the driver code itself runs on
 !         in.lammps = LAMMPS input script
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ PROGRAM f_driver
   narg = command_argument_count()
 
   IF (narg /= 2) THEN
-     PRINT *, 'Syntax: f_driver P in.lammps'
+     PRINT *, 'Syntax: simpleF P in.lammps'
      CALL mpi_abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD,1,ierr)
   END IF