diff --git a/examples/first.c b/examples/first.c
index 6ef5819d..7babff80 100644
--- a/examples/first.c
+++ b/examples/first.c
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv [])
 {
 	glibtop_union data;
 	glibtop_sysdeps sysdeps;
-	unsigned c, method, count, port, i, *ptr;
+	unsigned c, method, count, port, i;
 	char buffer [BUFSIZ];
-	pid_t pid, ppid;
+	pid_t pid, ppid, *ptr;
 	char *args;
 
 	count = PROFILE_COUNT;
diff --git a/examples/proclist.c b/examples/proclist.c
index 542e8e98..db74e978 100644
--- a/examples/proclist.c
+++ b/examples/proclist.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 static void print_pids(guint64 which, guint64 arg)
 {
-	unsigned *pids;
+	pid_t *pids;
 	unsigned i;
 	glibtop_proclist buf;
 
diff --git a/examples/second.c b/examples/second.c
index ac55462c..9bece34d 100644
--- a/examples/second.c
+++ b/examples/second.c
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv [])
 {
 	glibtop_proclist proclist;
 	glibtop_sysdeps sysdeps;
-	unsigned *ptr, pid, i;
+	unsigned i;
+	pid_t *ptr, pid;
 
 	setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
 	bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, GTOPLOCALEDIR);
diff --git a/examples/timings.c b/examples/timings.c
index 8e3495b3..87887388 100644
--- a/examples/timings.c
+++ b/examples/timings.c
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ int
 main (int argc, char *argv [])
 {
 	glibtop_union data;
-	unsigned c, count, *ptr;
+	unsigned c, count;
 	struct rusage total_start, total_end;
 	struct rusage rusage_start, rusage_end;
 	struct timeval elapsed_utime, elapsed_stime;
-	pid_t pid;
+	pid_t pid, *ptr;
 
 	count = PROFILE_COUNT;