diff --git a/examples/ceph-conf.yaml b/deploy/ceph-conf.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/ceph-conf.yaml
rename to deploy/ceph-conf.yaml
diff --git a/examples/csi-config-map-sample.yaml b/deploy/csi-config-map-sample.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/csi-config-map-sample.yaml
rename to deploy/csi-config-map-sample.yaml
diff --git a/examples/service-monitor.yaml b/deploy/service-monitor.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/service-monitor.yaml
rename to deploy/service-monitor.yaml
diff --git a/docs/deploy-cephfs.md b/docs/deploy-cephfs.md
index 8f23ab8a6991..2087f0c87d00 100644
--- a/docs/deploy-cephfs.md
+++ b/docs/deploy-cephfs.md
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ for more information.
 **Deploy Ceph configuration ConfigMap for CSI pods:**
 
 ```bash
-kubectl create -f ../../../examples/ceph-conf.yaml
+kubectl create -f ../../ceph-conf.yaml
 ```
 
 **Deploy CSI sidecar containers:**
diff --git a/docs/deploy-rbd.md b/docs/deploy-rbd.md
index 270d734d15ea..e397ac066da7 100644
--- a/docs/deploy-rbd.md
+++ b/docs/deploy-rbd.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ for more information.
 **Deploy Ceph configuration ConfigMap for CSI pods:**
 
 ```bash
-kubectl create -f ../example/ceph-config.yaml
+kubectl create -f ../../ceph-conf.yaml
 ```
 
 **Deploy CSI sidecar containers:**
diff --git a/docs/metrics.md b/docs/metrics.md
index a39e1b7c0720..8f19c8d2bc73 100644
--- a/docs/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/metrics.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ csi_liveness 1
 ```
 
 Promethues can be deployed through the promethues operator described [here](https://coreos.com/operators/prometheus/docs/latest/user-guides/getting-started.html).
-The [service-monitor](../examples/service-monitor.yaml) will tell promethues how
+The [service-monitor](../deploy/service-monitor.yaml) will tell promethues how
 to pull metrics out of CSI.
 
 Each CSI pod has a service to expose the endpoint to prometheus. By default, rbd
diff --git a/e2e/cephfs.go b/e2e/cephfs.go
index 5161a496a879..d80c7e1a5e62 100644
--- a/e2e/cephfs.go
+++ b/e2e/cephfs.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func createORDeleteCephfsResources(action kubectlAction) {
 			allowMissing: true,
 		},
 		&yamlResource{
-			filename:     examplePath + cephConfconfigMap,
+			filename:     deployPath + cephConfconfigMap,
 			allowMissing: true,
 		},
 		// dependencies for provisioner
diff --git a/e2e/nfs.go b/e2e/nfs.go
index c900d5638596..8bf23972ac6b 100644
--- a/e2e/nfs.go
+++ b/e2e/nfs.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func createORDeleteNFSResources(f *framework.Framework, action kubectlAction) {
 			allowMissing: true,
 		},
 		&yamlResource{
-			filename:     examplePath + cephConfconfigMap,
+			filename:     deployPath + cephConfconfigMap,
 			allowMissing: true,
 		},
 		// dependencies for provisioner
diff --git a/e2e/rbd.go b/e2e/rbd.go
index 49620dfd0548..0adb3305f0e1 100644
--- a/e2e/rbd.go
+++ b/e2e/rbd.go
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ var (
 	configMap          = "csi-config-map.yaml"
 	cephConfconfigMap  = "ceph-conf.yaml"
 	csiDriverObject    = "csidriver.yaml"
-	rbdDirPath         = "../deploy/rbd/kubernetes/"
+	deployPath         = "../deploy/"
+	rbdDirPath         = deployPath + "/rbd/kubernetes/"
 	examplePath        = "../examples/"
 	rbdExamplePath     = examplePath + "/rbd/"
 	e2eTemplatesPath   = "../e2e/templates/"
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func createORDeleteRbdResources(action kubectlAction) {
 			allowMissing: true,
 		},
 		&yamlResource{
-			filename:     examplePath + cephConfconfigMap,
+			filename:     deployPath + cephConfconfigMap,
 			allowMissing: true,
 		},
 		// dependencies for provisioner
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index f9e744475901..0fda351a6690 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 
 ## Deploying Ceph-CSI services
 
-Create [ceph-config](./ceph-conf.yaml) configmap using the following command.
+Create [ceph-config](../deploy/ceph-conf.yaml) configmap using the following command.
 
 ```bash
-kubectl apply -f ./ceph-conf.yaml
+kubectl apply -f ../deploy/ceph-conf.yaml
 ```
 
 Both `rbd` and `cephfs` directories contain `plugin-deploy.sh` and
 `plugin-teardown.sh` helper scripts.  You can use those to help you
 deploy/teardown RBACs, sidecar containers and the plugin in one go.
 By default, they look for the YAML manifests in
-`../../deploy/{rbd,cephfs}/kubernetes`.
+`../deploy/{rbd,cephfs}/kubernetes`.
 You can override this path by running
 
 ```bash
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The CSI plugin requires configuration information regarding the Ceph cluster(s),
 that would host the dynamically or statically provisioned volumes. This
 is provided by adding a per-cluster identifier (referred to as clusterID), and
 the required monitor details for the same, as in the provided [sample config
- map](./csi-config-map-sample.yaml).
+ map](../deploy/csi-config-map-sample.yaml).
 
 Gather the following information from the Ceph cluster(s) of choice,
 
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ Gather the following information from the Ceph cluster(s) of choice,
    * Alternatively, choose a `<cluster-id>` value that is distinct per Ceph
     cluster in use by this kubernetes cluster
 
-Update the [sample configmap](./csi-config-map-sample.yaml) with values
+Update the [sample configmap](../deploy/csi-config-map-sample.yaml) with values
 from a Ceph cluster and replace `<cluster-id>` with the chosen clusterID, to
 create the manifest for the configmap which can be updated in the cluster
 using the following command,
 
 ```bash
-kubectl replace -f ./csi-config-map-sample.yaml
+kubectl replace -f ../deploy/csi-config-map-sample.yaml
 ```
 
 Storage class and snapshot class, using `<cluster-id>` as the value for the