diff --git a/examples/c/Makefile.am b/examples/c/Makefile.am
index 2edaa43f1060bde4c7ea74a4fdd4bc0350b5f65a..99ee332fc54cfdc47ba6d74dad42ed0c582c0c80 100644
--- a/examples/c/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/c/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-EXTRA_DIST = bookshelf.xml example.c Makefile.example
+EXTRA_DIST = bookshelf.xml example.c Makefile.example output
diff --git a/examples/c/Makefile.example b/examples/c/Makefile.example
index 1f6c16bf7123e6d7a3f5f984d4149817e3806711..d94f26511a00cc7d3b4cd309fbaaf1aa76bf3fa7 100644
--- a/examples/c/Makefile.example
+++ b/examples/c/Makefile.example
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ PROGS=document_new document_new_minimal document_new_from_string document_new_fr
 all: $(PROGS)
 
 clean:
-	rm $(PROGS) *.o *~ || true
+	@rm $(PROGS) *.o *~ \#*\# output/*.xml 2>/dev/null || true
 
diff --git a/examples/c/document_save_to_path.c b/examples/c/document_save_to_path.c
index e16eddc26c0a084309845feb3983c916806cacd3..13d6ffde65a9f2d69c736f578fffe152811f78e2 100644
--- a/examples/c/document_save_to_path.c
+++ b/examples/c/document_save_to_path.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ int main () {
 
   doc = gxml_document_new_from_path ("bookshelf.xml");
 
-  gxml_document_save_to_path (doc, "bookshelf2.xml");
+  gxml_document_save_to_path (doc, "output/bookshelf_save_to_path.xml");
 
   g_object_unref (doc);
 
diff --git a/examples/c/document_save_to_stream.c b/examples/c/document_save_to_stream.c
index 873cf9e9fb03e14dbdb1ab97f3016dd8077d9ffb..50c757c800910de4cb16d884b24b9af20bf8406e 100644
--- a/examples/c/document_save_to_stream.c
+++ b/examples/c/document_save_to_stream.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ int main () {
 
   doc = gxml_document_new_from_path ("bookshelf.xml");
 
-  outfile = g_file_new_for_path ("bookshelf3.xml");
+  outfile = g_file_new_for_path ("output/bookshelf_save_to_stream.xml");
   outstream = g_file_replace (outfile, NULL, FALSE, G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION, can, NULL);
   gxml_document_save_to_stream (doc, G_OUTPUT_STREAM (outstream), can);