diff --git a/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast b/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast
index d2cecd2bfce6820e0c334931a06428da7644e8ac..3bfcea033ec51f0294a4597f8c3c7370b18a0948 100644
--- a/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast
+++ b/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ bond_coeff      1 10.0 1.2
 # need to preserve 1-3, 1-4 pairwise interactions during hard collisions
 
 special_bonds   lj/coul 0 1 1
-create_bonds    all all 1 1.0 1.5
+create_bonds    many all all 1 1.0 1.5
 
 neighbor	0.3 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1 check yes
diff --git a/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow b/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow
index fdf0ea6c483224e0dbd07b4e9b23c09c56efd398..68b1110c3dd91a2dc5a37c3f8207f66be847942b 100644
--- a/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow
+++ b/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pair_coeff	1 1 10.0 1.0 2.5
 bond_style      harmonic
 bond_coeff      1 10.0 1.2
 
-create_bonds    all all 1 1.0 1.5
+create_bonds    many all all 1 1.0 1.5
 
 neighbor	0.3 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1 check yes