diff --git a/example/snippets/regex_match_example.cpp b/example/snippets/regex_match_example.cpp
index a711ffd4..bd35d169 100644
--- a/example/snippets/regex_match_example.cpp
+++ b/example/snippets/regex_match_example.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ istream& getline(istream& is, std::string& s)
 }
 #endif
 
-int main(int argc)
+int main(int argc, const char*[])
 {
    std::string in, out;
    do
diff --git a/example/snippets/regex_split_example_1.cpp b/example/snippets/regex_split_example_1.cpp
index 10d64036..25d2e576 100644
--- a/example/snippets/regex_split_example_1.cpp
+++ b/example/snippets/regex_split_example_1.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ istream& getline(istream& is, std::string& s)
 #endif
 
 
-int main(int argc)
+int main(int argc, const char*[])
 {
    string s;
    list<string> l;
diff --git a/example/snippets/regex_token_iterator_eg_1.cpp b/example/snippets/regex_token_iterator_eg_1.cpp
index fbf7f5b0..e12881e8 100644
--- a/example/snippets/regex_token_iterator_eg_1.cpp
+++ b/example/snippets/regex_token_iterator_eg_1.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ istream& getline(istream& is, std::string& s)
 #endif
 
 
-int main(int argc)
+int main(int argc, const char*[])
 {
    string s;
    do{