diff --git a/docs/api-reference/create-next-app.md b/docs/api-reference/create-next-app.md
index 3a00e008ac08622..6ab63250afab2e8 100644
--- a/docs/api-reference/create-next-app.md
+++ b/docs/api-reference/create-next-app.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ yarn create next-app --typescript
`create-next-app` comes with the following options:
- **--ts, --typescript** - Initialize as a TypeScript project.
-- **-e, --example [name]|[github-url]** - An example to bootstrap the app with. You can use an example name from the [Next.js repo](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/master/examples) or a GitHub URL. The URL can use any branch and/or subdirectory.
+- **-e, --example [name]|[github-url]** - An example to bootstrap the app with. You can use an example name from the [Next.js repo](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/main/examples) or a GitHub URL. The URL can use any branch and/or subdirectory.
- **--example-path [path-to-example]** - In a rare case, your GitHub URL might contain a branch name with a slash (e.g. bug/fix-1) and the path to the example (e.g. foo/bar). In this case, you must specify the path to the example separately: `--example-path foo/bar`
- **--use-npm** - Explicitly tell the CLI to bootstrap the app using npm. To bootstrap using yarn we recommend running `yarn create next-app`
diff --git a/examples/analyze-bundles/README.md b/examples/analyze-bundles/README.md
index 8aec1e56c79c435..9a299029873369f 100644
--- a/examples/analyze-bundles/README.md
+++ b/examples/analyze-bundles/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# Analyzer Bundles example
-This example shows how to analyze the output bundles using [@next/bundle-analyzer](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/master/packages/next-bundle-analyzer)
+This example shows how to analyze the output bundles using [@next/bundle-analyzer](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/main/packages/next-bundle-analyzer)
## Preview
diff --git a/examples/gh-pages/README.md b/examples/gh-pages/README.md
index e9a37206c2bcb92..fbd34532847cfaa 100644
--- a/examples/gh-pages/README.md
+++ b/examples/gh-pages/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Edit `next.config.js` and replace `'Next-gh-page-example'` by your project name.
1. Create repository.
2. Link it to your github account.
-3. Publish your master branch.
+3. Publish your default branch, e.g. `main`.
```bash
npm run deploy
diff --git a/examples/progressive-web-app/pages/index.js b/examples/progressive-web-app/pages/index.js
index dea04e8ac7ec382..14c70bf731a51ed 100644
--- a/examples/progressive-web-app/pages/index.js
+++ b/examples/progressive-web-app/pages/index.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default function Home() {