diff --git a/oslo_messaging/rpc/client.py b/oslo_messaging/rpc/client.py
index 04992288f..f67f673dd 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/rpc/client.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/rpc/client.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class RPCClient(object):
         class TestClient(object):
 
             def __init__(self, transport):
-                target = messaging.Target(topic='testtopic', version='2.0')
+                target = messaging.Target(topic='test', version='2.0')
                 self._client = messaging.RPCClient(transport, target)
 
             def test(self, ctxt, arg):
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class RPCClient(object):
     For example::
 
         transport = messaging.get_transport(cfg.CONF)
-        target = messaging.Target(topic='testtopic', version='2.0')
+        target = messaging.Target(topic='test', version='2.0')
         client = messaging.RPCClient(transport, target)
         client.call(ctxt, 'test', arg=arg)
 
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/rpc/server.py b/oslo_messaging/rpc/server.py
index 855e3d9a6..74dbede44 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/rpc/server.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/rpc/server.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ A simple example of an RPC server with multiple endpoints might be::
 
     from oslo_config import cfg
     import oslo_messaging
+    import time
 
     class ServerControlEndpoint(object):
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ A simple example of an RPC server with multiple endpoints might be::
             self.server = server
 
         def stop(self, ctx):
-            if server:
+            if self.server:
                 self.server.stop()
 
     class TestEndpoint(object):
@@ -70,7 +71,14 @@ A simple example of an RPC server with multiple endpoints might be::
     ]
     server = oslo_messaging.get_rpc_server(transport, target, endpoints,
                                            executor='blocking')
-    server.start()
+    try:
+        server.start()
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(1)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("Stopping server")
+
+    server.stop()
     server.wait()
 
 Clients can invoke methods on the server by sending the request to a topic and