diff --git a/doc/rados/api/librados-intro.rst b/doc/rados/api/librados-intro.rst
index ee5f58207ca..8405f6e3968 100644
--- a/doc/rados/api/librados-intro.rst
+++ b/doc/rados/api/librados-intro.rst
@@ -266,10 +266,11 @@ it and connecting to the cluster might look something like this:
 .. code-block:: c
 
 	#include <stdio.h>
+	#include <stdlib.h>
 	#include <string.h>
 	#include <rados/librados.h>
 
-	int main (int argc, char argv**) 
+	int main (int argc, const char **argv) 
 	{
 
 		/* Declare the cluster handle and required arguments. */
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ you to initialize a ``librados::Rados`` cluster handle object:
 		librados::Rados cluster;
 		char cluster_name[] = "ceph";
 		char user_name[] = "client.admin";
-		uint64_t flags; 
+		uint64_t flags = 0; 
 	
 		/* Initialize the cluster handle with the "ceph" cluster name and "client.admin" user */ 
 		{
@@ -577,9 +578,9 @@ C Example
 .. code-block:: c
 
 	#include <stdio.h>
+	#include <stdlib.h>
 	#include <string.h>
 	#include <rados/librados.h>
-       #include <stdlib.h>
 
 	int main (int argc, const char **argv) 
 	{