diff --git a/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.isdn b/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.isdn
index 992dfe7bb5c5..f60f6bb31ad9 100644
--- a/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.isdn
+++ b/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.isdn
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ isdn:
 # When phone calls become free (say 0:00 Saturday morning), we may want
 # this in crontab (``crontab -l'', not /etc/crontab):
 #
-#     1 0 0 0 6 /usr/sbin/pppctl /tmp/ppp-isdn link \* set mode ddial
+#     1 0 0 0 6 /usr/sbin/pppctl /var/run/ppp/ppp-isdn link \* set mode ddial
 #
 # and when we have to pay again (say 23:59 Sunday night), we may want
 # this:
 #
-#     54 23 0 0 0 /usr/sbin/pppctl /tmp/ppp-isdn link \* set mode auto
+#     54 23 0 0 0 /usr/sbin/pppctl /var/run/ppp/ppp-isdn link \* set mode auto
 #
 # And of course just in case of a weekend reboot, add
 # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ppp.sh:
@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@ isdn:
 #   #! /bin/sh
 #   [ ."$1" != .start ] && exit 0
 #   case `date +%w` in
-#   6|0) /usr/sbin/pppctl /tmp/ppp-isdn link \* set mode ddial;;
+#   6|0) /usr/sbin/pppctl /var/run/ppp/ppp-isdn link \* set mode ddial;;
 #   esac
diff --git a/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.span-isp.working b/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.span-isp.working
index 428c6a28f3fc..2841ddc78418 100644
--- a/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.span-isp.working
+++ b/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.span-isp.working
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 # Something rather strange happens here.
 # If you connect to the vpn-in diagnostic socket with ``pppctl
-# /var/tmp/vpn-in'' and do a ``show links'', only a single link shows up.
+# /var/run/ppp/vpn-in'' and do a ``show links'', only a single link shows up.
 # If you connect to the vpn diagnostic socket (which is created in
 # ppp.linkup.span-isp.working, you see three links.  This is because inetd
 # is told to ``wait'' for ppp to finish and the receiving ppp gets to
diff --git a/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkdown.span-isp b/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkdown.span-isp
index ae00b57cdd3c..795a55951b25 100644
--- a/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkdown.span-isp
+++ b/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkdown.span-isp
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 # The ISP links start our MP version of ppp as they come up
 isp1:
-  !bg pppctl /var/tmp/vpn link 1 close
+  !bg pppctl /var/run/ppp/vpn link 1 close
 
 isp2:
-  !bg pppctl /var/tmp/vpn link 2 close
+  !bg pppctl /var/run/ppp/vpn link 2 close
 
 ispN:
-  !bg pppctl /var/tmp/vpn link N close
+  !bg pppctl /var/run/ppp/vpn link N close
 
 vpn:
   set server none
diff --git a/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkdown.span-isp.working b/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkdown.span-isp.working
index 104e8c3b5b69..ba34d05dddd6 100644
--- a/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkdown.span-isp.working
+++ b/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkdown.span-isp.working
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 # The ISP links start our MP version of ppp as they come up
 isp1:
-  !bg pppctl /var/tmp/vpn link 1 close
+  !bg pppctl /var/run/ppp/vpn link 1 close
 
 isp2:
-  !bg pppctl /var/tmp/vpn link 2 close
+  !bg pppctl /var/run/ppp/vpn link 2 close
 
 isp3:
-  !bg pppctl /var/tmp/vpn link 3 close
+  !bg pppctl /var/run/ppp/vpn link 3 close
 
 vpn:
   set server none