diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 2ad5a327..9cfba24d 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Usage examples
 
 * [repository](repository)
-* [client](client_example)
-* [repository built with low-level Metadata API](manual_repo)
+* [client](client)
+* [uploader tool](uploader)
+* [Low-level Metadata API examples](manual_repo)
diff --git a/examples/client_example/README.md b/examples/client/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/client_example/README.md
rename to examples/client/README.md
diff --git a/examples/client_example/client b/examples/client/client
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/client_example/client
rename to examples/client/client
diff --git a/examples/repository/README.md b/examples/repository/README.md
index 8339b766..d91ee31e 100644
--- a/examples/repository/README.md
+++ b/examples/repository/README.md
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ This TUF Repository Application Example has the following features:
 ```
 Your repository is now running and is accessible on localhost, See e.g.
 http://127.0.0.1:8001/metadata/1.root.json. The
-[client example](../client_example/README.md) uses this address by default.
+[client example](../client/README.md) uses this address by default.
diff --git a/tuf/ngclient/updater.py b/tuf/ngclient/updater.py
index cf93219e..49cf1c20 100644
--- a/tuf/ngclient/updater.py
+++ b/tuf/ngclient/updater.py
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 the same time is not supported.
 
 A simple example of using the Updater to implement a Python TUF client that
-downloads target files is available in `examples/client_example
-<https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/tree/develop/examples/client_example>`_.
+downloads target files is available in `examples/client
+<https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/tree/develop/examples/client>`_.
 """
 
 import logging