diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a409b15b..52f5c856 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ Low-level suspension and resumption of coroutines is handled by Revolt's [`Suspe
 ```php
 <?php
 
-require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
-
 use Revolt\EventLoop;
 
+require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+
 $suspension = EventLoop::getSuspension();
 
 EventLoop::delay(5, function () use ($suspension): void {
@@ -121,18 +121,16 @@ Callbacks registered on the Revolt event-loop are automatically run as coroutine
 
 require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
-use function Amp\delay;
-
 Amp\async(function () {
     print '++ Executing callback passed to async()' . PHP_EOL;
 
-    delay(3);
+    Amp\delay(3);
 
     print '++ Finished callback passed to async()' . PHP_EOL;
 });
 
 print '++ Suspending to event loop...' . PHP_EOL;
-delay(5);
+Amp\delay(5);
 
 print '++ Script end' . PHP_EOL;
 ```
@@ -195,12 +193,12 @@ retrieve multiple HTTP resources concurrently:
 ```php
 <?php
 
-require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
-
 use Amp\Future;
 use Amp\Http\Client\HttpClientBuilder;
 use Amp\Http\Client\Request;
 
+require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+
 $httpClient = HttpClientBuilder::buildDefault();
 $uris = [
     "google" => "https://www.google.com",
@@ -286,11 +284,11 @@ associated `Future` to its caller.
 ```php
 <?php // Example async producer using DeferredFuture
 
-require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
-
 use Amp\Future;
 use Revolt\EventLoop;
 
+require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+
 function asyncMultiply(int $x, int $y): Future
 {
     $deferred = new Amp\DeferredFuture;
diff --git a/examples/cancellation.php b/examples/cancellation.php
index 36c93ac3..fae6516c 100644
--- a/examples/cancellation.php
+++ b/examples/cancellation.php
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
-require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
-
 use Amp\CancelledException;
 use Amp\TimeoutCancellation;
 use function Amp\async;
 use function Amp\delay;
 
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
 $future = async(function () {
     delay(1);