diff --git a/docs/example_list.py b/docs/example_list.py
index cf4f48b0ba..4f195961d4 100755
--- a/docs/example_list.py
+++ b/docs/example_list.py
@@ -84,14 +84,15 @@ def print_item(path, lvl, d, fout):
      fout.write("\n")
 
 def exec():
-  path ="../examples/"
+  paths = [ "../examples/", "../demos/"]
   fout = open("examples.md", "w")
   filelist = []
 
-  for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
-	  for f in files:
-      #append the file name to the list
-		  filelist.append(os.path.join(root,f))
+  for path in paths:
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+      for f in files:
+        #append the file name to the list
+        filelist.append(os.path.join(root,f))
 
   filelist = [ fi for fi in filelist if fi.endswith("index.rst") ]
 
diff --git a/scripts/genexamplelist.sh b/scripts/genexamplelist.sh
index a52049925c..6547c002bc 100755
--- a/scripts/genexamplelist.sh
+++ b/scripts/genexamplelist.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ echo "/* Autogenerated */"
 echo '#include <stddef.h>'
 echo '#include "examplelist.h"'
 TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
-find examples -name \*.h | xargs grep -h "^void lv_example" | sed 's/(/ /g' | awk '{print $2}' > $TMPFILE
+find examples demos -name \*.h | xargs grep -hE "^void lv_(example|demo)" | sed 's/(/ /g' | awk '{print $2}' > $TMPFILE
 cat $TMPFILE | while read -r line; do
 echo "extern void ${line}(void);"
 done