diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 6d9fe58d2..40b8a6500 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ after_build:
     if ($env:GENERATOR) {
       cd C:\projects\evmc\build\test
       Release\evmc-test.exe
-      C:\install\bin\evmc-vmtester.exe C:\install\bin\evmc-examplevm.dll
+      C:\install\bin\evmc-vmtester.exe C:\install\bin\evmc-example-vm.dll
     }
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 20f521f8f..a46f4509f 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ jobs:
             cmake ~/project/examples/use_instructions_in_cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~/install
             cmake --build .
       - run:
-          name: "Run evmc-vmtester libevmc-examplevm.so"
-          command: ~/install/bin/evmc-vmtester ~/install/lib/libevmc-examplevm.so
+          name: "Run evmc-vmtester libevmc-example-vm.so"
+          command: ~/install/bin/evmc-vmtester ~/install/lib/libevmc-example-vm.so
 
   build-clang-3.8:
     <<: *build
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a140d0e0..3f0c90ba4 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ add_library(evmc-example-host STATIC example_host.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(evmc-example-host PRIVATE evmc)
 
 
-add_library(evmc-examplevm examplevm.c)
-target_link_libraries(evmc-examplevm PRIVATE evmc)
-set_source_files_properties(examplevm.c PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS PROJECT_VERSION=${PROJECT_VERSION})
+add_library(evmc-example-vm example_vm.c)
+target_link_libraries(evmc-example-vm PRIVATE evmc)
+set_source_files_properties(example_vm.c PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS PROJECT_VERSION=${PROJECT_VERSION})
 
 
 add_executable(evmc-example example.c)
-target_link_libraries(evmc-example PRIVATE evmc-example-host evmc-examplevm evmc)
+target_link_libraries(evmc-example PRIVATE evmc-example-host evmc-example-vm evmc)
 
 
-install(TARGETS evmc-examplevm
+install(TARGETS evmc-example-vm
     ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
diff --git a/examples/example.c b/examples/example.c
index 4bb3e7aec..fcf47cee7 100644
--- a/examples/example.c
+++ b/examples/example.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "example_host.h"
-#include "examplevm.h"
+#include "example_vm.h"
 
 #include <evmc/helpers.h>
 
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 
 int main()
 {
-    struct evmc_instance* vm = evmc_create_examplevm();
+    struct evmc_instance* vm = evmc_create_example_vm();
     if (!evmc_is_abi_compatible(vm))
         return 1;
-    // EVM bytecode goes here. This is one of the examples examplevm.c
+    // EVM bytecode goes here. This is one of the examples.
     const uint8_t code[] = "\x30\x60\x00\x52\x59\x60\x00\xf3";
     const size_t code_size = sizeof(code);
     const struct evmc_uint256be code_hash = {.bytes = {1, 2, 3}};
diff --git a/examples/examplevm.c b/examples/example_vm.c
similarity index 88%
rename from examples/examplevm.c
rename to examples/example_vm.c
index 757ca80d6..b04a95e22 100644
--- a/examples/examplevm.c
+++ b/examples/example_vm.c
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-#include "examplevm.h"
+/* EVMC: Ethereum Client-VM Connector API.
+ * Copyright 2018 The EVMC Authors.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file.
+ */
+#include "example_vm.h"
 
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -11,7 +15,7 @@
 #define PROJECT_VERSION 0.0.0
 #endif
 
-struct examplevm
+struct example_vm
 {
     struct evmc_instance instance;
     int verbose;
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ static void destroy(struct evmc_instance* evm)
 /// VMs are allowed to omit this function implementation.
 static int set_option(struct evmc_instance* instance, char const* name, char const* value)
 {
-    struct examplevm* vm = (struct examplevm*)instance;
+    struct example_vm* vm = (struct example_vm*)instance;
     if (strcmp(name, "verbose") == 0)
     {
         long int v = strtol(value, NULL, 0);
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ static struct evmc_result execute(struct evmc_instance* instance,
         return ret;
     }
 
-    struct examplevm* vm = (struct examplevm*)instance;
+    struct example_vm* vm = (struct example_vm*)instance;
 
     // Simulate executing by checking for some code patterns.
     // Solidity inline assembly is used in the examples instead of EVM bytecode.
@@ -125,23 +129,23 @@ static void set_tracer(struct evmc_instance* instance,
                        evmc_trace_callback callback,
                        struct evmc_tracer_context* context)
 {
-    struct examplevm* vm = (struct examplevm*)instance;
+    struct example_vm* vm = (struct example_vm*)instance;
     vm->trace_callback = callback;
     vm->tracer_context = context;
 }
 
-struct evmc_instance* evmc_create_examplevm()
+struct evmc_instance* evmc_create_example_vm()
 {
     struct evmc_instance init = {
         .abi_version = EVMC_ABI_VERSION,
-        .name = "examplevm",
+        .name = "example_vm",
         .version = STR(PROJECT_VERSION),
         .destroy = destroy,
         .execute = execute,
         .set_option = set_option,
         .set_tracer = set_tracer,
     };
-    struct examplevm* vm = calloc(1, sizeof(struct examplevm));
+    struct example_vm* vm = calloc(1, sizeof(struct example_vm));
     struct evmc_instance* interface = &vm->instance;
     memcpy(interface, &init, sizeof(init));
     return interface;
diff --git a/examples/examplevm.h b/examples/example_vm.h
similarity index 79%
rename from examples/examplevm.h
rename to examples/example_vm.h
index b201587cc..7fa057e26 100644
--- a/examples/examplevm.h
+++ b/examples/example_vm.h
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 /**
  * Creates EVMC Example VM.
  */
-EVMC_EXPORT struct evmc_instance* evmc_create_examplevm(void);
+EVMC_EXPORT struct evmc_instance* evmc_create_example_vm(void);