diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/getting_started.xml b/docs/reference/gtk/getting_started.xml
index 036b9f471c..1808513419 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/getting_started.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/getting_started.xml
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
       </informalfigure>
 
       <informalexample>
-        <programlisting><xi:include href="../../../../examples/application1/exampleapp.desktop" parse="text"><xi:fallback>MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback></xi:include></programlisting>
+        <programlisting><xi:include href="../../../../examples/application1/org.gtk.exampleapp.desktop" parse="text"><xi:fallback>MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback></xi:include></programlisting>
       </informalexample>
 
       <para>Note that <replaceable>@<!-- -->bindir@</replaceable> needs to be replaced
diff --git a/examples/application1/README b/examples/application1/README
index 4c4e75c4d9..739ecd967d 100644
--- a/examples/application1/README
+++ b/examples/application1/README
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ To make gnome-shell use the desktop file and icon for this example
 while running it uninstalled, do the following:
 
 mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
-sed -e "s#@bindir@#$PWD#" exampleapp.desktop \
-  > ~/.local/share/applications/lt-exampleapp.desktop
+sed -e "s#@bindir@#$PWD#" org.gtk.exampleapp.desktop \
+  > ~/.local/share/applications/org.gtk.exampleapp.desktop
 
 mkdir -p ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
 cp exampleapp.png ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
diff --git a/examples/application1/exampleapp.desktop b/examples/application1/org.gtk.exampleapp.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/application1/exampleapp.desktop
rename to examples/application1/org.gtk.exampleapp.desktop