diff --git a/src/diagrams/example/example.spec.js b/src/diagrams/example/example.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index eb1661ad8..000000000
--- a/src/diagrams/example/example.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import { parser } from './parser/example'
-import exampleDb from './exampleDb'
-
-/* eslint-env jasmine */
-describe('when parsing an info graph it', function () {
-  beforeEach(function () {
-    parser.yy = exampleDb
-  })
-
-  it('should handle an info definition', function () {
-    const str = 'info\nsay: hello'
-    parser.parse(str)
-  })
-  it('should handle an showMessage statement definition', function () {
-    const str = 'info\nshowInfo'
-    parser.parse(str)
-  })
-})
diff --git a/src/diagrams/example/exampleDb.js b/src/diagrams/example/exampleDb.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e16892fd..000000000
--- a/src/diagrams/example/exampleDb.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import { logger } from '../../logger'
-
-let message = ''
-let info = false
-
-export const setMessage = function (txt) {
-  logger.debug('Setting message to: ' + txt)
-  message = txt
-}
-
-export const getMessage = function () {
-  return message
-}
-
-export const setInfo = function (inf) {
-  info = inf
-}
-
-export const getInfo = function () {
-  return info
-}
-
-export default {
-  setMessage,
-  getMessage,
-  setInfo,
-  getInfo
-}
diff --git a/src/diagrams/example/exampleRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/example/exampleRenderer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b9c50c5ec..000000000
--- a/src/diagrams/example/exampleRenderer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import * as d3 from 'd3'
-
-import db from './exampleDb'
-import exampleParser from './parser/example.js'
-import { logger } from '../../logger'
-import { version } from '../../../package.json'
-
-/**
- * Draws a an info picture in the tag with id: id based on the graph definition in text.
- * @param text
- * @param id
- */
-export const draw = function (txt, id) {
-  const parser = exampleParser.parser
-  parser.yy = db
-  logger.debug('Renering example diagram')
-  // Parse the graph definition
-  parser.parse(txt)
-
-  // Fetch the default direction, use TD if none was found
-  const svg = d3.select('#' + id)
-
-  const g = svg.append('g')
-
-  g.append('text') // text label for the x axis
-    .attr('x', 100)
-    .attr('y', 40)
-    .attr('class', 'version')
-    .attr('font-size', '32px')
-    .style('text-anchor', 'middle')
-    .text('mermaid ' + version)
-
-  svg.attr('height', 100)
-  svg.attr('width', 400)
-}
-
-export default {
-  draw
-}
diff --git a/src/diagrams/example/parser/example.jison b/src/diagrams/example/parser/example.jison
deleted file mode 100644
index 42a14fe5a..000000000
--- a/src/diagrams/example/parser/example.jison
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/** mermaid
- *  https://mermaidjs.github.io/
- *  (c) 2015 Knut Sveidqvist
- *  MIT license.
- */
-%lex
-
-%options case-insensitive
-
-%{
-	// Pre-lexer code can go here
-%}
-
-%%
-
-[\n]+             return 'NL';
-"showInfo"		  return 'showInfo';
-"info"		  return 'info';
-"say"			  return 'say';
-":"[^#\n;]+       return 'TXT';
-<<EOF>>           return 'EOF';
-.                 return 'INVALID';
-
-/lex
-
-%start start
-
-%% /* language grammar */
-
-start
-	: info document 'EOF' { return yy; }
-	;
-
-document
-	: /* empty */
-	| document line
-	;
-
-line
-	: statement { }
-	| 'NL'
-	;
-
-statement
-	:  showInfo   { yy.setInfo(true);  }
-	|  message    { yy.setMessage($1);  }
-	;
-
-message
-	: 'say' TXT { $$ = $1.substring(1).trim().replace(/\\n/gm, "\n"); }
-	;
-
-%%
diff --git a/src/diagrams/example/parser/example.js b/src/diagrams/example/parser/example.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 30b38f6d7..000000000
--- a/src/diagrams/example/parser/example.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,630 +0,0 @@
-/* parser generated by jison 0.4.18 */
-/*
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-
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-    yy: {}
-  }
-
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-    yy: {},
-    trace: function(),
-    symbols_: {associative list: name ==> number},
-    terminals_: {associative list: number ==> name},
-    productions_: [...],
-    performAction: function anonymous(yytext, yyleng, yylineno, yy, yystate, $$, _$),
-    table: [...],
-    defaultActions: {...},
-    parseError: function(str, hash),
-    parse: function(input),
-
-    lexer: {
-        EOF: 1,
-        parseError: function(str, hash),
-        setInput: function(input),
-        input: function(),
-        unput: function(str),
-        more: function(),
-        less: function(n),
-        pastInput: function(),
-        upcomingInput: function(),
-        showPosition: function(),
-        test_match: function(regex_match_array, rule_index),
-        next: function(),
-        lex: function(),
-        begin: function(condition),
-        popState: function(),
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-        topState: function(),
-        pushState: function(condition),
-
-        options: {
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-
-        performAction: function(yy, yy_, $avoiding_name_collisions, YY_START),
-        rules: [...],
-        conditions: {associative list: name ==> set},
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-
-
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-
-
-  the parseError function receives a 'hash' object with these members for lexer and parser errors: {
-    text:        (matched text)
-    token:       (the produced terminal token, if any)
-    line:        (yylineno)
-  }
-  while parser (grammar) errors will also provide these members, i.e. parser errors deliver a superset of attributes: {
-    loc:         (yylloc)
-    expected:    (string describing the set of expected tokens)
-    recoverable: (boolean: TRUE when the parser has a error recovery rule available for this particular error)
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-var parser = (function(){
-var o=function(k,v,o,l){for(o=o||{},l=k.length;l--;o[k[l]]=v);return o},$V0=[6,9,10,12];
-var parser = {trace: function trace() { },
-yy: {},
-symbols_: {"error":2,"start":3,"info":4,"document":5,"EOF":6,"line":7,"statement":8,"NL":9,"showInfo":10,"message":11,"say":12,"TXT":13,"$accept":0,"$end":1},
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-    if (hash.recoverable) {
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-        var error = new Error(str);
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-parse: function parse(input) {
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-    var sharedState = { yy: {} };
-    for (var k in this.yy) {
-        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(this.yy, k)) {
-            sharedState.yy[k] = this.yy[k];
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-    lexer.setInput(input, sharedState.yy);
-    sharedState.yy.lexer = lexer;
-    sharedState.yy.parser = this;
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-    var yyloc = lexer.yylloc;
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-                token: this.terminals_[symbol] || symbol,
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-        this.yy = yy || this.yy || {};
-        this._input = input;
-        this._more = this._backtrack = this.done = false;
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-            first_column: 0,
-            last_line: 1,
-            last_column: 0
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-            // recover context
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-                match = tempMatch;
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-                    token = this.test_match(tempMatch, rules[i]);
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-                        return token;
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-                        match = false;
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-                        // else: this is a lexer rule which consumes input without producing a token (e.g. whitespace)
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-            return this.EOF;
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-            return this.parseError('Lexical error on line ' + (this.yylineno + 1) + '. Unrecognized text.\n' + this.showPosition(), {
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-                token: null,
-                line: this.yylineno
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-        var r = this.next();
-        if (r) {
-            return r;
-        } else {
-            return this.lex();
-        }
-    },
-
-// activates a new lexer condition state (pushes the new lexer condition state onto the condition stack)
-begin:function begin(condition) {
-        this.conditionStack.push(condition);
-    },
-
-// pop the previously active lexer condition state off the condition stack
-popState:function popState() {
-        var n = this.conditionStack.length - 1;
-        if (n > 0) {
-            return this.conditionStack.pop();
-        } else {
-            return this.conditionStack[0];
-        }
-    },
-
-// produce the lexer rule set which is active for the currently active lexer condition state
-_currentRules:function _currentRules() {
-        if (this.conditionStack.length && this.conditionStack[this.conditionStack.length - 1]) {
-            return this.conditions[this.conditionStack[this.conditionStack.length - 1]].rules;
-        } else {
-            return this.conditions["INITIAL"].rules;
-        }
-    },
-
-// return the currently active lexer condition state; when an index argument is provided it produces the N-th previous condition state, if available
-topState:function topState(n) {
-        n = this.conditionStack.length - 1 - Math.abs(n || 0);
-        if (n >= 0) {
-            return this.conditionStack[n];
-        } else {
-            return "INITIAL";
-        }
-    },
-
-// alias for begin(condition)
-pushState:function pushState(condition) {
-        this.begin(condition);
-    },
-
-// return the number of states currently on the stack
-stateStackSize:function stateStackSize() {
-        return this.conditionStack.length;
-    },
-options: {"case-insensitive":true},
-performAction: function anonymous(yy,yy_,$avoiding_name_collisions,YY_START) {
-	// Pre-lexer code can go here
-
-var YYSTATE=YY_START;
-switch($avoiding_name_collisions) {
-case 0:return 9;
-break;
-case 1:return 10;
-break;
-case 2:return 4;
-break;
-case 3:return 12;
-break;
-case 4:return 13;
-break;
-case 5:return 6;
-break;
-case 6:return 'INVALID';
-break;
-}
-},
-rules: [/^(?:[\n]+)/i,/^(?:showInfo\b)/i,/^(?:info\b)/i,/^(?:say\b)/i,/^(?::[^#\n;]+)/i,/^(?:$)/i,/^(?:.)/i],
-conditions: {"INITIAL":{"rules":[0,1,2,3,4,5,6],"inclusive":true}}
-});
-return lexer;
-})();
-parser.lexer = lexer;
-function Parser () {
-  this.yy = {};
-}
-Parser.prototype = parser;parser.Parser = Parser;
-return new Parser;
-})();
-
-
-if (typeof require !== 'undefined' && typeof exports !== 'undefined') {
-exports.parser = parser;
-exports.Parser = parser.Parser;
-exports.parse = function () { return parser.parse.apply(parser, arguments); };
-exports.main = function commonjsMain(args) {
-    if (!args[1]) {
-        console.log('Usage: '+args[0]+' FILE');
-        process.exit(1);
-    }
-    var source = require('fs').readFileSync(require('path').normalize(args[1]), "utf8");
-    return exports.parser.parse(source);
-};
-if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && require.main === module) {
-  exports.main(process.argv.slice(1));
-}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/mermaidAPI.js b/src/mermaidAPI.js
index 23c6a9b0d..6bdef6049 100644
--- a/src/mermaidAPI.js
+++ b/src/mermaidAPI.js
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ import flowDb from './diagrams/flowchart/flowDb'
 import utils from './utils'
 import flowRenderer from './diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer'
 import sequenceRenderer from './diagrams/sequenceDiagram/sequenceRenderer'
-import exampleRenderer from './diagrams/example/exampleRenderer'
-import exampleParser from './diagrams/example/parser/example'
 import flowParser from './diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow'
 import sequenceParser from './diagrams/sequenceDiagram/parser/sequenceDiagram'
 import sequenceDb from './diagrams/sequenceDiagram/sequenceDb'
-import exampleDb from './diagrams/example/exampleDb'
 import ganttRenderer from './diagrams/gantt/ganttRenderer'
 import ganttParser from './diagrams/gantt/parser/gantt'
 import ganttDb from './diagrams/gantt/ganttDb'
@@ -216,8 +213,7 @@ const config = {
     axisFormat: '%Y-%m-%d'
   },
   class: {},
-  git: {},
-  example: {}
+  git: {}
 }
 
 setLogLevel(config.logLevel)
@@ -239,10 +235,6 @@ function parse (text) {
       parser = sequenceParser
       parser.parser.yy = sequenceDb
       break
-    case 'example':
-      parser = exampleParser
-      parser.parser.yy = exampleDb
-      break
     case 'gantt':
       parser = ganttParser
       parser.parser.yy = ganttDb
@@ -382,10 +374,6 @@ const render = function (id, txt, cb, container) {
       classRenderer.setConf(config.class)
       classRenderer.draw(txt, id)
       break
-    case 'example':
-      config.example.arrowMarkerAbsolute = config.arrowMarkerAbsolute
-      exampleRenderer.draw(txt, id)
-      break
   }
 
   // insert inline style into svg
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 3d74e42a0..a54e7b714 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ export const detectType = function (text) {
     return 'sequence'
   }
 
-  if (text.match(/^\s*info/)) {
-    return 'example'
-  }
-
   if (text.match(/^\s*gantt/)) {
     return 'gantt'
   }