diff --git a/examples/admin.rb b/examples/admin.rb
index ba5fdc0..d44ac81 100644
--- a/examples/admin.rb
+++ b/examples/admin.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ db = Connection.new(host, port).db('ruby-mongo-examples')
 coll = db.create_collection('test')
 
 # Erase all records from collection, if any
-coll.clear
+coll.remove
 
 admin = db.admin
 
diff --git a/examples/benchmarks.rb b/examples/benchmarks.rb
index 41126b0..f50c466 100644
--- a/examples/benchmarks.rb
+++ b/examples/benchmarks.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ port = ENV['MONGO_RUBY_DRIVER_PORT'] || Mongo::Connection::DEFAULT_PORT
 puts "Connecting to #{host}:#{port}"
 db = Mongo::Connection.new(host, port).db('ruby-mongo-examples')
 coll = db.collection('test')
-coll.clear
+coll.remove
 
 OBJS_COUNT = 100
 TEST_COUNT = 100
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ puts "Running benchmark"
 Benchmark.bmbm do |results|
   results.report("single object inserts:  ") {
     TEST_COUNT.times {
-      coll.clear
+      coll.remove
       arr.each {|x| coll.insert(x)}
     }
   }
   results.report("multiple object insert: ") {
     TEST_COUNT.times {
-      coll.clear
+      coll.remove
       coll.insert(arr)
     }
   }
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ Benchmark.bmbm do |results|
   }
 end
 
-coll.clear
+coll.remove
diff --git a/examples/blog.rb b/examples/blog.rb
index 5d0fcc7..27b3f12 100644
--- a/examples/blog.rb
+++ b/examples/blog.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LINE_SIZE = 120
 puts "=" * LINE_SIZE
 puts "Adding authors"
 authors = DB.collection "authors"
-authors.clear
+authors.remove
 authors.create_index "meta", '_id' => 1, 'name' => 1, 'age' => 1
 puts "-" * LINE_SIZE
 shaksp = authors << { :name => "William Shakespeare", :email => "william@shakespeare.com", :age => 587 }
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ authors.find({}, :sort => [{'age' => 1}]).each {|x| puts "%-25.25s : %-25.25s :
 puts "=" * LINE_SIZE
 puts "Adding users"
 users = DB.collection "users"
-users.clear
+users.remove
 # users.create_index "meta", :_id => 1, :login => 1, :name => 1
 puts "-" * LINE_SIZE
 jdoe = users << { :login => "jdoe", :name => "John Doe", :email => "john@doe.com" }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ users.find({}, :sort => [{'login' => 1}]).each {|x| puts "%-10.10s : %-25.25s :
 puts "=" * LINE_SIZE
 puts "Adding articles"
 articles = DB.collection "articles"
-articles.clear
+articles.remove
 # articles.create_index "meta", :_id => 1, :author_id => 1, :title => 1
 puts "-" * LINE_SIZE
 begin
diff --git a/examples/cursor.rb b/examples/cursor.rb
index fa37ae4..bbba353 100644
--- a/examples/cursor.rb
+++ b/examples/cursor.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ db = Connection.new(host, port).db('ruby-mongo-examples')
 coll = db.collection('test')
 
 # Erase all records from collection, if any
-coll.clear
+coll.remove
 
 # Insert 3 records
 3.times { |i| coll.insert({'a' => i+1}) }
diff --git a/examples/info.rb b/examples/info.rb
index c8fface..b532a3a 100644
--- a/examples/info.rb
+++ b/examples/info.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ db = Connection.new(host, port).db('ruby-mongo-examples')
 coll = db.collection('test')
 
 # Erase all records from collection, if any
-coll.clear
+coll.remove
 
 # Insert 3 records
 3.times { |i| coll.insert({'a' => i+1}) }
diff --git a/examples/queries.rb b/examples/queries.rb
index d9d92ff..44282ba 100644
--- a/examples/queries.rb
+++ b/examples/queries.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ db = Connection.new(host, port).db('ruby-mongo-examples')
 coll = db.collection('test')
 
 # Remove all records, if any
-coll.clear
+coll.remove
 
 # Insert three records
 coll.insert('a' => 1)
diff --git a/examples/simple.rb b/examples/simple.rb
index 9004be1..269360b 100644
--- a/examples/simple.rb
+++ b/examples/simple.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ db = Connection.new(host, port).db('ruby-mongo-examples')
 coll = db.collection('test')
 
 # Erase all records from collection, if any
-coll.clear
+coll.remove
 
 # Insert 3 records
 3.times { |i| coll.insert({'a' => i+1}) }
diff --git a/examples/types.rb b/examples/types.rb
index dfdd798..ae10836 100644
--- a/examples/types.rb
+++ b/examples/types.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ db = Connection.new(host, port).db('ruby-mongo-examples')
 coll = db.collection('test')
 
 # Remove all records, if any
-coll.clear
+coll.remove
 
 # Insert record with all sorts of values
 coll.insert('array' => [1, 2, 3],
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ coll.insert('array' => [1, 2, 3],
 
 pp coll.find().next_document
 
-coll.clear
+coll.remove