diff --git a/projects/_template/pr-management-quick-merge-config.md b/projects/_template/pr-management-quick-merge-config.md
index 5aa60d23c..b8a34ba68 100644
--- a/projects/_template/pr-management-quick-merge-config.md
+++ b/projects/_template/pr-management-quick-merge-config.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ skill. This is the **`_template` default**; new adopters copy it into their own
 `<project-config>/pr-management-quick-merge-config.md` and tune the thresholds
 and path globs for their repository layout.
 
-The default globs below are shaped for an Apache-Airflow-like monorepo; an
+The default globs below are shaped for a Python monorepo; an
 adopter with a different layout replaces them wholesale. When a field is absent,
 the skill falls back to the default noted in its row.
 
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ spelling_wordlist.txt
 **/tests/**
 **/test_*.py
 **/*_test.py
-**/example_dags/**
+**/examples/**
+**/example_*/**
 ```
 
 ### `deny_globs` — absolute disqualifiers (consequential areas; one match drops the PR even at one line)
diff --git a/projects/_template/reviewer-roster.md b/projects/_template/reviewer-roster.md
index f2e268aae..5f073de8c 100644
--- a/projects/_template/reviewer-roster.md
+++ b/projects/_template/reviewer-roster.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Shape per entry:
   - handle: github-login        # GitHub @handle (required)
     areas:                      # list of areas / path prefixes / labels
       - component:scheduler
-      - airflow/jobs/
+      - src/scheduler/
     max_reviews: 5              # optional; default 5
 -->
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Shape per entry:
 ## Notes
 
 - `areas` entries may be component labels (e.g. `component:scheduler`),
-  path prefixes (e.g. `airflow/jobs/`), or free-form area names that
+  path prefixes (e.g. `src/scheduler/`), or free-form area names that
   match the labels used in this project's issue tracker.
 - `max_reviews` is the maximum number of open review requests this
   reviewer is comfortable holding simultaneously. When their current
diff --git a/projects/_template/security-intake-config.md b/projects/_template/security-intake-config.md
index 6aeb32d48..23b58caec 100644
--- a/projects/_template/security-intake-config.md
+++ b/projects/_template/security-intake-config.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ authoritative home for those values.  This file does two things:
 
 New adopters: copy this file into your own
 `<project-config>/security-intake-config.md` and replace every `TODO`.
-The ASF defaults reproduce the Apache Airflow security-team workflow
+The ASF defaults reproduce the standard ASF security-team workflow
 unchanged; override only the fields that differ for your project.
 
 Related scaffolds in the same adopter directory:
diff --git a/skills/pr-management-quick-merge/candidate-rules.md b/skills/pr-management-quick-merge/candidate-rules.md
index 15cf7b651..f3a5a6ff6 100644
--- a/skills/pr-management-quick-merge/candidate-rules.md
+++ b/skills/pr-management-quick-merge/candidate-rules.md
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ tier_b_allow_globs:
   - "**/tests/**"
   - "**/test_*.py"
   - "**/*_test.py"
-  - "**/example_dags/**"
+  - "**/examples/**"
+  - "**/example_*/**"
 
 deny_globs:                 # absolute disqualifiers, even at one line
   - "**/migrations/**"