diff --git a/docs/examples/metrics/reader/preferred_exemplarfilter.py b/docs/examples/metrics/reader/preferred_exemplarfilter.py
index 1840cebfcc..4bb98896be 100644
--- a/docs/examples/metrics/reader/preferred_exemplarfilter.py
+++ b/docs/examples/metrics/reader/preferred_exemplarfilter.py
@@ -13,19 +13,21 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import time
 
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.metrics import get_meter_provider, set_meter_provider
-from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import Counter, MeterProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics._internal.exemplar import (
-    AlwaysOffExemplarFilter,
-    AlwaysOnExemplarFilter,
     TraceBasedExemplarFilter,
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import (
     ConsoleMetricExporter,
     PeriodicExportingMetricReader,
 )
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 
 # Create an ExemplarFilter instance (e.g., TraceBasedExemplarFilter)
+# Default available values are AlwaysOffExemplarFilter, AlwaysOnExemplarFilter
+# and TraceBasedExemplarFilter
 exemplar_filter = TraceBasedExemplarFilter()
 
 exporter = ConsoleMetricExporter()
@@ -45,6 +47,11 @@
 meter = get_meter_provider().get_meter("exemplar-filter-example", "0.1.2")
 counter = meter.create_counter("my-counter")
 
-for value in range(10):
-    counter.add(value)
-    time.sleep(2.0)
+# Create a trace and span as the default exemplar filter `TraceBasedExemplarFilter`
+# will only store exemplar if a context exists
+trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
+tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
+with tracer.start_as_current_span("foo"):
+    for value in range(10):
+        counter.add(value)
+        time.sleep(2.0)
diff --git a/docs/examples/metrics/views/change_reservoir_factory.py b/docs/examples/metrics/views/change_reservoir_factory.py
index 843c1bf3a9..b87e9d92c6 100644
--- a/docs/examples/metrics/views/change_reservoir_factory.py
+++ b/docs/examples/metrics/views/change_reservoir_factory.py
@@ -14,21 +14,19 @@
 
 import random
 import time
-from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Sequence, Set, Type
+from typing import Type
 
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.metrics import get_meter_provider, set_meter_provider
-from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import Counter, MeterProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics._internal.aggregation import (
-    Aggregation,
     DefaultAggregation,
     _Aggregation,
     _ExplicitBucketHistogramAggregation,
-    _ExponentialBucketHistogramAggregation,
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics._internal.exemplar import (
     AlignedHistogramBucketExemplarReservoir,
-    ExemplarReservoir,
-    ExemplarReservoirFactory,
+    ExemplarReservoirBuilder,
     SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir,
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import (
@@ -36,30 +34,21 @@
     PeriodicExportingMetricReader,
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view import View
-
-
-# Returns a factory for creating an exemplar reservoir based on the aggregation type and specified parameters
-def generalized_reservoir_factory(
-    size: int = 1, boundaries: Sequence[float] = None
-) -> Callable[[Type[_Aggregation]], ExemplarReservoirFactory]:
-    def factory(
-        aggregationType: Type[_Aggregation],
-    ) -> ExemplarReservoirFactory:
-        if issubclass(aggregationType, _ExplicitBucketHistogramAggregation):
-            return lambda **kwargs: AlignedHistogramBucketExemplarReservoir(
-                boundaries=boundaries or [],
-                **{k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k != "boundaries"},
-            )
-        else:
-            return lambda **kwargs: SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir(
-                size=size, **kwargs
-            )
-
-    return factory
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 
 
 # Create a custom reservoir factory with specified parameters
-custom_reservoir_factory = generalized_reservoir_factory(size=10)
+def custom_reservoir_factory(
+    aggregationType: Type[_Aggregation],
+) -> ExemplarReservoirBuilder:
+    if issubclass(aggregationType, _ExplicitBucketHistogramAggregation):
+        return AlignedHistogramBucketExemplarReservoir
+    else:
+        return lambda **kwargs: SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir(
+            size=10,
+            **{k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k != "size"},
+        )
+
 
 # Create a view with the custom reservoir factory
 change_reservoir_factory_view = View(
@@ -88,6 +77,11 @@ def factory(
 
 my_counter = meter.create_counter("my.counter")
 
-while 1:
-    my_counter.add(random.randint(1, 10))
-    time.sleep(random.random())
+# Create a trace and span as the default exemplar filter `TraceBasedExemplarFilter`
+# will only store exemplar if a context exists
+trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
+tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
+with tracer.start_as_current_span("foo"):
+    while 1:
+        my_counter.add(random.randint(1, 10))
+        time.sleep(random.random())