diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aabca7b..1fc9772 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ Cargo.lock
 _rust_rocksdb*
 *rlib
 tags
+path
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 30f6f18..0854799 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 //! ```
 //!  use rocksdb::DB;
 //!  // NB: db is automatically closed at end of lifetime
-//!  let db = DB::open_default("/path/for/rocksdb/storage").unwrap();
+//!  let db = DB::open_default("path/for/rocksdb/storage").unwrap();
 //!  db.put(b"my key", b"my value");
 //!  match db.get(b"my key") {
 //!     Ok(Some(value)) => println!("retrieved value {}", value.to_utf8().unwrap()),
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub struct BlockBasedOptions {
 /// use rocksdb::DBCompactionStyle;
 ///
 /// fn badly_tuned_for_somebody_elses_disk() -> DB {
-///    let path = "/path/for/rocksdb/storage5";
+///    let path = "path/for/rocksdb/storage5";
 ///    let mut opts = Options::default();
 ///    opts.create_if_missing(true);
 ///    opts.set_max_open_files(10000);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub struct Options {
 /// ```
 /// use rocksdb::{DB, WriteBatch, WriteOptions};
 ///
-/// let db = DB::open_default("/path/for/rocksdb/storage6").unwrap();
+/// let db = DB::open_default("path/for/rocksdb/storage6").unwrap();
 ///
 /// let mut batch = WriteBatch::default();
 /// batch.put(b"my key", b"my value");
diff --git a/src/merge_operator.rs b/src/merge_operator.rs
index 8d36f87..8980ee0 100644
--- a/src/merge_operator.rs
+++ b/src/merge_operator.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 //! }
 //!
 //! fn main() {
-//!    let path = "/path/to/rocksdb";
+//!    let path = "path/to/rocksdb";
 //!    let mut opts = Options::default();
 //!    opts.create_if_missing(true);
 //!    opts.add_merge_operator("test operator", concat_merge);
diff --git a/src/rocksdb.rs b/src/rocksdb.rs
index b4f735e..4070ecb 100644
--- a/src/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/src/rocksdb.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pub enum DBRecoveryMode {
 /// ```
 /// use rocksdb::{DB, WriteBatch};
 ///
-/// let db = DB::open_default("/path/for/rocksdb/storage1").unwrap();
+/// let db = DB::open_default("path/for/rocksdb/storage1").unwrap();
 /// {
 ///     let mut batch = WriteBatch::default();
 ///     batch.put(b"my key", b"my value");
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ pub struct ReadOptions {
 /// ```
 /// use rocksdb::{DB, IteratorMode};
 ///
-/// let db = DB::open_default("/path/for/rocksdb/storage3").unwrap();
+/// let db = DB::open_default("path/for/rocksdb/storage3").unwrap();
 /// let snapshot = db.snapshot(); // Creates a longer-term snapshot of the DB, but closed when goes out of scope
 /// let mut iter = snapshot.iterator(IteratorMode::Start); // Make as many iterators as you'd like from one snapshot
 /// ```
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pub struct Snapshot<'a> {
 /// ```
 /// use rocksdb::{DB, Direction, IteratorMode};
 ///
-/// let mut db = DB::open_default("/path/for/rocksdb/storage2").unwrap();
+/// let mut db = DB::open_default("path/for/rocksdb/storage2").unwrap();
 /// let mut iter = db.iterator(IteratorMode::Start); // Always iterates forward
 /// for (key, value) in iter {
 ///     println!("Saw {:?} {:?}", key, value);