diff --git a/xep-0045.xml b/xep-0045.xml
index 88380cf4b..f8ae07afb 100644
--- a/xep-0045.xml
+++ b/xep-0045.xml
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@
     to='hag66@shakespeare.lit/pda'
     type='result'>
   <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'
-         node='http://jabber.org/protocol/muc#rooms'/>
+         node='http://jabber.org/protocol/muc#rooms'>
     <item jid='darkcave@chat.shakespeare.lit'/>
     <item jid='characters@conference.shakespeare.lit'/>
   </query>
diff --git a/xep-0060.xml b/xep-0060.xml
index 72e0ace2e..7fe05c665 100644
--- a/xep-0060.xml
+++ b/xep-0060.xml
@@ -813,9 +813,7 @@ And by opposing end them?
     id='meta1'>
   <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'
          node='blogs'>
-    ...
     <identity category='pubsub' type='collection'/>
-    ...
   </query>
 </iq>
     ]]></example>
@@ -858,7 +856,7 @@ And by opposing end them?
     to='francisco@denmark.lit/barracks'
     id='meta1'>
   <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'
-         node='princely_musings'/>
+         node='princely_musings'>
     <identity category='pubsub' type='leaf'/>
     <feature var='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'/>
     <x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='result'>
@@ -3078,6 +3076,16 @@ And by opposing end them?
         <li>Create a node with default configuration for the specified node type.</li>
         <li>Create and configure a node simultaneously.</li>
       </ol>
+      <example caption='Request to create a node'><![CDATA[
+<iq type='set'
+    from='hamlet@denmark.lit/elsinore'
+    to='pubsub.shakespeare.lit'
+    id='create1'>
+  <pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'>
+    <create node='princely_musings'/>
+  </pubsub>
+</iq>
+      ]]></example>
       <p>These methods, along with method-specific error conditions, are explained more fully in the following sections.</p>
       <p>In addition to method-specific error conditions, there are several general reasons why the node creation request might fail:</p>
       <ul>
diff --git a/xep-0230.xml b/xep-0230.xml
index 480326d4c..57e3862b6 100644
--- a/xep-0230.xml
+++ b/xep-0230.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   <example caption='A notification (new item)'><![CDATA[
 <message from='chat.shakespeare.lit' to='bill@shakespeare.lit' id='foo'>
   <event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'>
-    <items node='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'/>
+    <items node='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'>
       <item id='ae890ac52d0df67ed7cfdf51b644e901'>
         <item xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'
               jid='henry-the-fifth@chat.shakespeare.lit'/>
diff --git a/xep-0237.xml b/xep-0237.xml
index df3f04218..e923b0801 100644
--- a/xep-0237.xml
+++ b/xep-0237.xml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
     <example caption="Interim notifications"><![CDATA[
 <message from='chat.shakespeare.lit' to='bill@shakespeare.lit' id='foo'>
   <event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'>
-    <items node='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'/>
+    <items node='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'>
       <item id='ae890ac52d0df67ed7cfdf51b644e901'>
         <item xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'
               jid='henry-the-fifth@chat.shakespeare.lit'>
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 
 <message from='chat.shakespeare.lit' to='bill@shakespeare.lit' id='bar'>
   <event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'>
-    <items node='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'/>
+    <items node='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'>
       <retract id='fa890ca52d0df67de7fcfd51b644c701'>
         <item xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'
               jid='cardenio@chat.shakespeare.lit'>
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
     <example caption="A subsequent notification"><![CDATA[
 <message from='chat.shakespeare.lit' to='bill@shakespeare.lit' id='baz'>
   <event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'>
-    <items node='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'/>
+    <items node='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'>
       <retract id='fa890ca52d0df67de7fcfd51b644c701'>
         <item xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'
               jid='darkcave@chat.shakespeare.lit'>