diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/in-cluster-client-configuration/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/in-cluster-client-configuration/main.go
index ee996a747bc..f7150681759 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/in-cluster-client-configuration/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/in-cluster-client-configuration/main.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func main() {
 		// Examples for error handling:
 		// - Use helper functions like e.g. errors.IsNotFound()
 		// - And/or cast to StatusError and use its properties like e.g. ErrStatus.Message
-		_, err = clientset.CoreV1().Pods("").Get("ExamplePodName", metav1.GetOptions{})
+		_, err = clientset.CoreV1().Pods("default").Get("example-xxxxx", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			fmt.Printf("Pod not found\n")
 		} else if statusError, isStatus := err.(*errors.StatusError); isStatus {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/out-of-cluster-client-configuration/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/out-of-cluster-client-configuration/main.go
index 5d0f619ec1c..252307b1826 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/out-of-cluster-client-configuration/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/out-of-cluster-client-configuration/main.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func main() {
 		// Examples for error handling:
 		// - Use helper functions like e.g. errors.IsNotFound()
 		// - And/or cast to StatusError and use its properties like e.g. ErrStatus.Message
-		_, err = clientset.CoreV1().Pods("").Get("ExamplePodName", metav1.GetOptions{})
+		_, err = clientset.CoreV1().Pods("default").Get("example-xxxxx", metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			fmt.Printf("Pod not found\n")
 		} else if statusError, isStatus := err.(*errors.StatusError); isStatus {