diff --git a/examples/launch_tor_endpoint2.py b/examples/launch_tor_endpoint2.py
index 72a24c4..30fc34e 100755
--- a/examples/launch_tor_endpoint2.py
+++ b/examples/launch_tor_endpoint2.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # Here we set up a Twisted Web server and then launch a slave tor
 # with a configured hidden service directed at the Web server we set
diff --git a/examples/launch_tor_with_simplehttpd.py b/examples/launch_tor_with_simplehttpd.py
index 6c799c7..1edae61 100755
--- a/examples/launch_tor_with_simplehttpd.py
+++ b/examples/launch_tor_with_simplehttpd.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 '''Create a new tor node and add a simple http server to it, serving a given
 directory over http. The server is single-threaded and very limited.
diff --git a/examples/minimal_endpoint.py b/examples/minimal_endpoint.py
index fc8115d..5fd2499 100755
--- a/examples/minimal_endpoint.py
+++ b/examples/minimal_endpoint.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from twisted.internet import reactor
 from twisted.internet.endpoints import serverFromString
diff --git a/examples/monitor.py b/examples/monitor.py
index 1f4237c..2e06475 100755
--- a/examples/monitor.py
+++ b/examples/monitor.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # Just listens for a few EVENTs from Tor (INFO NOTICE WARN ERR) and
 # prints out the contents, so functions like a log monitor.
diff --git a/examples/stem_relay_descriptor.py b/examples/stem_relay_descriptor.py
index 2c9d1cf..08bd7b4 100755
--- a/examples/stem_relay_descriptor.py
+++ b/examples/stem_relay_descriptor.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # This shows how to get the detailed information about a
 # relay descriptor and parse it into Stem's RelayDescriptor
diff --git a/examples/stream_circuit_logger.py b/examples/stream_circuit_logger.py
index 50a98a1..00949ec 100755
--- a/examples/stream_circuit_logger.py
+++ b/examples/stream_circuit_logger.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # This uses an IStreamListener and an ICircuitListener to log all
 # built circuits and all streams that succeed.
diff --git a/examples/tor_info.py b/examples/tor_info.py
index e1cc8fa..a46244c 100755
--- a/examples/tor_info.py
+++ b/examples/tor_info.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # Simple usage example of TorInfo. This class does some magic so that
 # once it's set up, all the attributes it has (or appears to) are
diff --git a/examples/webui_server.py b/examples/webui_server.py
index 28d0367..293989d 100755
--- a/examples/webui_server.py
+++ b/examples/webui_server.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from twisted.internet import reactor
 from nevow.appserver import NevowSite