diff --git a/iroh/examples/collection-provide.rs b/iroh/examples/collection-provide.rs
index 867b2ac5e3..429288a2f2 100644
--- a/iroh/examples/collection-provide.rs
+++ b/iroh/examples/collection-provide.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //! run this example from the project root:
 //!     $ cargo run --example collection-provide
 use iroh::blobs::{format::collection::Collection, util::SetTagOption, BlobFormat};
+use iroh_base::node_addr::AddrInfoOptions;
 use tracing_subscriber::{prelude::*, EnvFilter};
 
 // set the RUST_LOG env var to one of {debug,info,warn} to see logging info
@@ -45,7 +46,11 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // tickets wrap all details needed to get a collection
     let ticket = node
         .blobs()
-        .share(hash, BlobFormat::HashSeq, Default::default())
+        .share(
+            hash,
+            BlobFormat::HashSeq,
+            AddrInfoOptions::RelayAndAddresses,
+        )
         .await?;
 
     // print some info about the node
@@ -66,8 +71,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // print the ticket, containing all the above information
     println!("\nin another terminal, run:");
     println!("\tcargo run --example collection-fetch {}", ticket);
-    // wait for the node to finish, this will block indefinitely
-    // stop with SIGINT (ctrl+c)
+    // block until SIGINT is received (ctrl+c)
+    tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await?;
     node.shutdown().await?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/iroh/examples/hello-world-provide.rs b/iroh/examples/hello-world-provide.rs
index 8fe0e9c12a..15c21801de 100644
--- a/iroh/examples/hello-world-provide.rs
+++ b/iroh/examples/hello-world-provide.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 //! This is using an in memory database and a random node id.
 //! run this example from the project root:
 //!     $ cargo run --example hello-world-provide
+use iroh_base::node_addr::AddrInfoOptions;
 use tracing_subscriber::{prelude::*, EnvFilter};
 
 // set the RUST_LOG env var to one of {debug,info,warn} to see logging info
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // create a ticket
     let ticket = node
         .blobs()
-        .share(res.hash, res.format, Default::default())
+        .share(res.hash, res.format, AddrInfoOptions::RelayAndAddresses)
         .await?;
 
     // print some info about the node
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // print the ticket, containing all the above information
     println!("\nin another terminal, run:");
     println!("\t cargo run --example hello-world-fetch {}", ticket);
-    // wait for the node to finish, this will block indefinitely
-    // stop with SIGINT (ctrl+c)
+    // block until SIGINT is received (ctrl+c)
+    tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await?;
     node.shutdown().await?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/iroh/examples/rpc.rs b/iroh/examples/rpc.rs
index 29e5a4773d..e331cf7d67 100644
--- a/iroh/examples/rpc.rs
+++ b/iroh/examples/rpc.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 //!
 //! Run this example with
 //!   $ cargo run --features=examples --example rpc
-//! Then in another terminal, run any of the normal iroh CLI commands, which you can run from
-//! cargo as well:
-//!   $ cargo run net stats
-//! The `net stats` command will reach out over RPC to the node constructed in the example
+//! This will print the rpc address of the node. Copy it to use it to connect from the CLI.
+//! Then in another terminal, run any of the normal iroh CLI commands supplying the rpc address,
+//! which you can run from cargo as well,
+//!   $ cargo run -- --rpc-addr <RPC_ADDR> net node-addr
+//! The `net node-addr` command will reach out over RPC to the node constructed in the example.
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use iroh_blobs::store::Store;
@@ -38,8 +39,11 @@ where
     for addr in addrs {
         println!("    {}", addr);
     }
+    let rpc_addr = node.my_rpc_addr().expect("rpc enabled");
+    println!("Started node with RPC enabled ({rpc_addr}). Exit with Ctrl+C");
     // wait for the node to finish, this will block indefinitely
     // stop with SIGINT (ctrl+c)
+    tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await?;
     node.shutdown().await?;
 
     Ok(())