diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index c4def7b7cac1..6a4924f5d20d 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -1,18 +1,36 @@
-# Deno Example Programs
+# Deno example programs
 
-These files are accessible for import via "https://deno.land/std/examples/".
+This module contains small scripts that demonstrate use of Deno and its standard library.
 
-Try it:
+You can run these examples by importing them via `deno` command:
 
 ```
-> deno https://deno.land/std/examples/gist.ts README.md
+> deno https://deno.land/std/examples/echo_server.ts --allow-net
 ```
 
-## Alias Based Installation
+Some of them are useful CLI programs that can be installed as executables:
 
-Add this to your `.bash_profile`
+`cat.ts` - print file to standard output
 
 ```
+deno install deno_cat https://deno.land/examples.cat.ts --allow-read
+deno_cat file.txt
+```
+
+`catj.ts` - print flattened JSON to standard output
+
+```
+deno install catj https://deno.land/examples/catj.ts --allow-read
+catj example.json
+catj file1.json file2.json
+echo example.json | catj -
+```
+
+`gist.ts` - easily create and upload Gists
+
+```
+deno install gist https://deno.land/examples/gist.ts --allow-net --allow-env
 export GIST_TOKEN=ABC # Generate at https://github.com/settings/tokens
-alias gist="deno --allow-net --allow-env https://deno.land/std/examples/gist.ts"
+gist --title "Example gist 1" script.ts
+gist --t "Example gist 2" script2.ts
 ```
diff --git a/examples/catjson.ts b/examples/catj.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from examples/catjson.ts
rename to examples/catj.ts
index 010a3506a53c..82fec5ff9eba 100644
--- a/examples/catjson.ts
+++ b/examples/catj.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
 // Install using `deno install`
-// $ deno install catjson https://deno.land/std/examples/catjson.ts --allow-read
+// $ deno install catj https://deno.land/std/examples/catj.ts --allow-read
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define */
 import { parse } from "../flags/mod.ts";
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   const parsedArgs = parse(Deno.args.slice(1));
 
   if (parsedArgs.h || parsedArgs.help || parsedArgs._.length === 0) {
-    console.log("Usage: catjson [-h|--help] [file...]");
+    console.log("Usage: catj [-h|--help] [file...]");
     console.log();
     console.log("Examples:");
     console.log();
-    console.log("// print file:\n   catjson file.json");
+    console.log("// print file:\n   catj file.json");
     console.log();
-    console.log("// print multiple files:\n   catjson file1.json file2.json");
+    console.log("// print multiple files:\n   catj file1.json file2.json");
     console.log();
-    console.log("// print from stdin:\n   cat file.json | catjson -");
+    console.log("// print from stdin:\n   cat file.json | catj -");
   }
 
   if (parsedArgs._[0] === "-") {