diff --git a/examples/basic-click-counter/index.html b/examples/basic-click-counter/index.html
index 986f8bb20c..da75653eb7 100644
--- a/examples/basic-click-counter/index.html
+++ b/examples/basic-click-counter/index.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Basic Example with Click Counter</title>
-    <meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8'>
     <script src="../../build/react.js"></script>
     <script src="../../build/JSXTransformer.js"></script>
     <script type="text/jsx">
diff --git a/examples/basic-commonjs/index.html b/examples/basic-commonjs/index.html
index 2575fafa80..3a21d04eb4 100644
--- a/examples/basic-commonjs/index.html
+++ b/examples/basic-commonjs/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8'>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Basic CommonJS Example with Browserify</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../shared/css/base.css" />
   </head>
diff --git a/examples/basic-jsx-external/index.html b/examples/basic-jsx-external/index.html
index 8b3fa840e9..25952dcf99 100644
--- a/examples/basic-jsx-external/index.html
+++ b/examples/basic-jsx-external/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8'>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Basic Example with External JSX</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../shared/css/base.css" />
   </head>
diff --git a/examples/basic-jsx-harmony/index.html b/examples/basic-jsx-harmony/index.html
index 47436e655d..361a768f98 100644
--- a/examples/basic-jsx-harmony/index.html
+++ b/examples/basic-jsx-harmony/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8'>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Basic Example with JSX and ES6 features</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../shared/css/base.css" />
   </head>
diff --git a/examples/basic-jsx-precompile/index.html b/examples/basic-jsx-precompile/index.html
index 44431edeba..0fa2511950 100644
--- a/examples/basic-jsx-precompile/index.html
+++ b/examples/basic-jsx-precompile/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8'>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Basic Example with Precompiled JSX</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../shared/css/base.css" />
   </head>
diff --git a/examples/basic-jsx/index.html b/examples/basic-jsx/index.html
index 2ee6be58b2..8748977242 100644
--- a/examples/basic-jsx/index.html
+++ b/examples/basic-jsx/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8'>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Basic Example with JSX</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../shared/css/base.css" />
   </head>
diff --git a/examples/basic/index.html b/examples/basic/index.html
index bc28b3b692..c07d0c7b02 100644
--- a/examples/basic/index.html
+++ b/examples/basic/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8'>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Basic Example</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../shared/css/base.css" />
   </head>
diff --git a/examples/quadratic/index.html b/examples/quadratic/index.html
index cf66d2ca2c..75938195bf 100644
--- a/examples/quadratic/index.html
+++ b/examples/quadratic/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8'>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Quadratic Formula Calculator</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../shared/css/base.css" />
   </head>
diff --git a/examples/server-rendering/webapp/index.php b/examples/server-rendering/webapp/index.php
index f754884698..c6f8569fa7 100644
--- a/examples/server-rendering/webapp/index.php
+++ b/examples/server-rendering/webapp/index.php
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ SCRIPT;
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>React server rendering example</title>
     <script src="static/bundle.js"></script>
   </head>
diff --git a/examples/transitions/index.html b/examples/transitions/index.html
index d1d9f6114a..988504ba4e 100644
--- a/examples/transitions/index.html
+++ b/examples/transitions/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8'>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Example with Transitions</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../shared/css/base.css" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="transition.css" />
