diff --git a/examples/priority.cpp b/examples/priority.cpp
index e18d3d5b..2b861af1 100644
--- a/examples/priority.cpp
+++ b/examples/priority.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     ~Verbose() {
+        std::cout << desc << ' ' << stop << std::endl;
     }
 
 private:
@@ -93,16 +94,15 @@ public:
         // we're handed a new context*, put it at the end of the fibers
         // with that same priority. In other words: search for the first fiber
         // in the queue with LOWER priority, and insert before that one.
-        if ( rqueue_.empty() ) {
-            rqueue_.push_back( * f);
-        } else {
-            rqueue_t::iterator e( rqueue_.end() );
-            for ( rqueue_t::iterator i( rqueue_.begin() ); i != e; ++i) {
-                if ( properties( & ( * i) ).get_priority() < f_priority) {
-                    rqueue_.insert( i, * f);
-                }
+        rqueue_t::iterator i( rqueue_.begin() ), e( rqueue_.end() );
+        for ( ; i != e; ++i) {
+            if ( properties( & ( * i) ).get_priority() < f_priority) {
+                break;
             }
         }
+        // Now, whether or not we found a fiber with lower priority,
+        // insert this new fiber here.
+        rqueue_.insert( i, * f);
 //<-
 
         std::cout << "awakened(" << props.name << "): ";
diff --git a/examples/work_sharing.cpp b/examples/work_sharing.cpp
index a58bd5cb..442e5a08 100644
--- a/examples/work_sharing.cpp
+++ b/examples/work_sharing.cpp
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ private:
     static std::mutex                  mutex_;
     typedef std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock_t;
 
-    // Reserve a separate, thread-specific slot for this thread's main fiber.
-    // It would be Bad News for thread B to retrieve and attempt to execute
-    // thread A's main fiber. This slot might be empty (nullptr) or full (==
-    // context::main_fiber()): pick_next() must only return the main fiber's
+    // Reserve a separate, scheduler-specific slot for this thread's main
+    // fiber. When we're passed the main fiber, stash it there instead of in
+    // the shared queue: it would be Bad News for thread B to retrieve and
+    // attempt to execute thread A's main fiber. This slot might be empty
+    // (nullptr) or full: pick_next() must only return the main fiber's
     // context* after it has been passed to awakened().
     boost::fibers::context*            main_fiber;