diff --git a/examples/custom_stanzas/custom_stanza_provider.py b/examples/custom_stanzas/custom_stanza_provider.py
index 40a77204..b532c17c 100755
--- a/examples/custom_stanzas/custom_stanza_provider.py
+++ b/examples/custom_stanzas/custom_stanza_provider.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # xmpp.ca_certs = "path/to/ca/cert"
 
     # Connect to the XMPP server and start processing XMPP stanzas.
-    if xmpp.connect(('xmpp-server', 5222)):
+    if xmpp.connect():
         # If you do not have the dnspython library installed, you will need
         # to manually specify the name of the server if it does not match
         # the one in the JID. For example, to use Google Talk you would
diff --git a/examples/custom_stanzas/custom_stanza_user.py b/examples/custom_stanzas/custom_stanza_user.py
index eabb45fe..5b5042c7 100755
--- a/examples/custom_stanzas/custom_stanza_user.py
+++ b/examples/custom_stanzas/custom_stanza_user.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # xmpp.ca_certs = "path/to/ca/cert"
 
     # Connect to the XMPP server and start processing XMPP stanzas.
-    if xmpp.connect(('xmpp-server', 5222)):
+    if xmpp.connect():
         # If you do not have the dnspython library installed, you will need
         # to manually specify the name of the server if it does not match
         # the one in the JID. For example, to use Google Talk you would