diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index cdffca00..4f39c8fb 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Changes in version 1.3.0 (Nov 2008)
   
 * Added spring-tx as required dependency (the DataAccessExceptions require this). 
   
+* Added demo projects to simplify refactoring demonstrations. (LDAP-154)
+
 Changes in version 1.3.0.RC1 (Oct 2008)
 -------------------------------------------
 * TLS connections are now supported using the DefaultTlsDirContextAuthenticationStrategy
diff --git a/samples/article/pom.xml b/samples/article/pom.xml
index c0bbb0e0..9d0e4eaf 100644
--- a/samples/article/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/article/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project
-		xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-		xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-		xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-ldap-parent</artifactId>
diff --git a/samples/article/src/main/java/log4j.properties b/samples/article/src/main/java/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 80ee2eb0..00000000
--- a/samples/article/src/main/java/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-log4j.rootCategory=INFO, stdout
-
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p [%c] - <%m>%n
-
-log4j.appender.logfile=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.logfile.File=${ldaptemplate.root}/ldaptemplate.log
-log4j.appender.logfile.MaxFileSize=512KB
-
-# Keep three backup files
-log4j.appender.logfile.MaxBackupIndex=3
-log4j.appender.logfile.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-
-#Pattern to output : date priority [category] - <message>line_separator
-log4j.appender.logfile.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p [%c] - <%m>%n
diff --git a/samples/article/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/samples/article/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ce7a3ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/article/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+log4j.rootCategory=INFO, stdout
+
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p [%c] - <%m>%n
+
+log4j.logger.org.apache.directory=ERROR
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/demos/pom.xml b/samples/demos/pom.xml
index 5dd63397..9161a236 100644
--- a/samples/demos/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/demos/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <version>1.3.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <artifactId>spring-ldap-samples</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>spring-ldap-demos</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Spring LDAP Demos</name>
     <modules>