diff --git a/doc/examples/output.c b/doc/examples/output.c
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+++ b/doc/examples/output.c
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+#include <rjp.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(){
+	//create an initial value
+	RJP_value* root = rjp_new_object();
+
+	//add a member and set its type
+	RJP_value* member = rjp_new_member_key_copy(root, "key", 0);
+	rjp_set_int(member, 5);
+
+	//output into rjp_alloc'd buffer
+	char* output = rjp_to_json(root, RJP_FORMAT_NONE);
+	printf("%s\n", output);
+
+	//free memory
+	rjp_free(output);
+	rjp_free_value(root);
+}
diff --git a/doc/examples/parse.c b/doc/examples/parse.c
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+++ b/doc/examples/parse.c
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+#include <rjp.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv){
+	if(argc != 2){
+		fprintf(stderr, "Requires exactly 1 argument\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	//Read in json argument allowing all RJP extensions (comments, trailing comma)
+	RJP_value* root = rjp_parse(argv[1], RJP_PARSE_ALL_EXT);
+
+	//returns NULL on error
+	if(!root){
+		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid JSON\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	printf("Valid JSON\n");
+
+	//check value's type
+	if(rjp_value_type(root) == rjp_json_object){
+
+		//Initialize an object iterator for the root value
+		RJP_object_iterator it;
+		rjp_init_object_iterator(&it, root);
+
+		//iterate over all members of root, printing their keys
+		for(RJP_value* curr = rjp_object_iterator_current(&it);curr;curr = rjp_object_iterator_next(&it)){
+			printf("Have member with key \"%s\"\n", rjp_member_key(curr)->value);
+		}
+	}
+
+	//clean memory
+	rjp_free_value(root);
+}