diff --git a/examples/tips/client.cc b/examples/tips/client.cc
index bfbd59c9d56d2f152e74077aa19992884cf981ba..a902a21c3c689582710743e742c6f469afa63d20 100644
--- a/examples/tips/client.cc
+++ b/examples/tips/client.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 #include "examples/tips/client.h"
 
-using grpc::ChannelInterface;
 using grpc::ClientContext;
 using tech::pubsub::Topic;
 using tech::pubsub::PublisherService;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ namespace grpc {
 namespace examples {
 namespace tips {
 
-Client::Client(std::shared_ptr<ChannelInterface> channel)
+Client::Client(std::shared_ptr<grpc::ChannelInterface> channel)
     : stub_(PublisherService::NewStub(channel)) {
 }
 
@@ -52,11 +51,11 @@ Status Client::CreateTopic(grpc::string topic) {
   Topic request;
   Topic response;
   request.set_name(topic);
-  ClientContext context;
+  grpc::ClientContext context;
 
   return stub_->CreateTopic(&context, request, &response);
 }
 
-}  // namesapce tips
+}  // namespace tips
 }  // namespace examples
 }  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/examples/tips/client.h b/examples/tips/client.h
index 83e79118235d10fe3e9f64306dcf9d6966a1634f..152a2a396ddffc914391ec19bb49209948f5590e 100644
--- a/examples/tips/client.h
+++ b/examples/tips/client.h
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ class Client {
   std::unique_ptr<tech::pubsub::PublisherService::Stub> stub_;
 };
 
-}  // namesapce tips
+}  // namespace tips
 }  // namespace examples
 }  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/examples/tips/client_main.cc b/examples/tips/client_main.cc
index 0324b4b8b08edfb7b91a999231a0cd1daca50828..17567b6f17a5f4f3e0db822ac4e8a690ad1860b9 100644
--- a/examples/tips/client_main.cc
+++ b/examples/tips/client_main.cc
@@ -31,40 +31,26 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <chrono>
-#include <memory>
-#include <string>
-#include <thread>
-
 #include <grpc/grpc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <google/gflags.h>
-#include <grpc++/channel_arguments.h>
 #include <grpc++/channel_interface.h>
-#include <grpc++/client_context.h>
 #include <grpc++/create_channel.h>
 #include <grpc++/status.h>
-#include <grpc++/stream.h>
+
+#include "examples/tips/client.h"
 #include "test/cpp/util/create_test_channel.h"
 
-DEFINE_bool(enable_ssl, false, "Whether to use ssl/tls.");
-DEFINE_bool(use_prod_roots, false, "True to use SSL roots for production GFE");
+DEFINE_bool(enable_ssl, true, "Whether to use ssl/tls.");
+DEFINE_bool(use_prod_roots, true, "True to use SSL roots for production GFE");
 DEFINE_int32(server_port, 0, "Server port.");
 DEFINE_string(server_host, "127.0.0.1", "Server host to connect to");
 DEFINE_string(server_host_override, "foo.test.google.com",
               "Override the server host which is sent in HTTP header");
 
-using grpc::ChannelInterface;
-using grpc::ClientContext;
-using grpc::CreateTestChannel;
-
-void CreateTopic(std::shared_ptr<ChannelInterface> channel, grpc::string topic);
-
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   grpc_init();
-
   google::ParseCommandLineFlags(&argc, &argv, true);
-
   gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Start TIPS client");
 
   GPR_ASSERT(FLAGS_server_port);
@@ -73,11 +59,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   snprintf(host_port, host_port_buf_size, "%s:%d", FLAGS_server_host.c_str(),
            FLAGS_server_port);
 
-  std::shared_ptr<ChannelInterface> channel(
-      CreateTestChannel(host_port, FLAGS_server_host_override, FLAGS_enable_ssl,
-                        FLAGS_use_prod_roots));
+  std::shared_ptr<grpc::ChannelInterface> channel(
+      grpc::CreateTestChannel(host_port, FLAGS_server_host_override,
+                              FLAGS_enable_ssl, FLAGS_use_prod_roots));
 
-  CreateTopic(channel, "test");
+  grpc::examples::tips::Client client(channel);
+  grpc::Status s = client.CreateTopic("test");
+  GPR_ASSERT(s.IsOk());
 
   channel.reset();
   grpc_shutdown();
diff --git a/examples/tips/client_test.cc b/examples/tips/client_test.cc
index d40f0c0d8b4dc3e65e4f8a2053697ee7643b220c..69238f2c6fcc060eadb098f136899ebdd9deb95a 100644
--- a/examples/tips/client_test.cc
+++ b/examples/tips/client_test.cc
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
 
 using grpc::ChannelInterface;
 
-namespace {
-
-}  //
-
 namespace grpc {
 namespace testing {
 namespace {
diff --git a/examples/tips/empty.proto b/examples/tips/empty.proto
index a698ab6f8a9e665aaee2df1bb62ce31e5eaa24ea..adf66b5e614dc51bf180205a4374a79271ad0235 100644
--- a/examples/tips/empty.proto
+++ b/examples/tips/empty.proto
@@ -10,10 +10,4 @@ package proto2;
 //     rpc Bar (proto2.Empty) returns (proto2.Empty) { };
 //   };
 //
-// BEGIN GOOGLE-INTERNAL
-// The difference between this one and net/rpc/empty-message.proto is that
-// 1) The generated message here is in proto2 C++ API.
-// 2) The proto2.Empty has minimum dependencies
-//    (no message_set or net/rpc dependencies)
-// END GOOGLE-INTERNAL
 message Empty {}
diff --git a/examples/tips/label.proto b/examples/tips/label.proto
index e79e1db77c215ce1918430478ff2b4d4b5d74854..e93ac9dea3006c76644dedfb4f71c0857ac6b14e 100644
--- a/examples/tips/label.proto
+++ b/examples/tips/label.proto
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Labels provide a way to associate user-defined metadata with various
 // objects.  Labels may be used to organize objects into non-hierarchical
-// groups; think metadata tags attached to mp3s.  For more details, see
-// http://go/exosphere:labels
+// groups; think metadata tags attached to mp3s.
 
 syntax = "proto2";