diff --git a/doc/api/examples/exampleplugin/exampleplugin.cpp b/doc/api/examples/exampleplugin/exampleplugin.cpp
index 147a4274b9c889d015f7b3c787111195d1d6f825..7b2b3c0cead88dc5f3713a44e55415ffbb2ae301 100644
--- a/doc/api/examples/exampleplugin/exampleplugin.cpp
+++ b/doc/api/examples/exampleplugin/exampleplugin.cpp
@@ -41,19 +41,17 @@ bool ExamplePlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorStrin
     Q_UNUSED(errorString)
 
 //! [add action]
-    Core::ActionManager *am = Core::ICore::instance()->actionManager();
-
     QAction *action = new QAction(tr("Example action"), this);
-    Core::Command *cmd = am->registerAction(action, Constants::ACTION_ID,
+    Core::Command *cmd = Core::ActionManager::registerAction(action, Constants::ACTION_ID,
                                             Core::Context(Core::Constants::C_GLOBAL));
     cmd->setDefaultKeySequence(QKeySequence(tr("Ctrl+Alt+Meta+A")));
     connect(action, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(triggerAction()));
 //! [add action]
 //! [add menu]
-    Core::ActionContainer *menu = am->createMenu(Constants::MENU_ID);
+    Core::ActionContainer *menu = Core::ActionManager::createMenu(Constants::MENU_ID);
     menu->menu()->setTitle(tr("Example"));
     menu->addAction(cmd);
-    am->actionContainer(Core::Constants::M_TOOLS)->addMenu(menu);
+    Core::ActionManager::actionContainer(Core::Constants::M_TOOLS)->addMenu(menu);
 //! [add menu]
 
     return true;
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progressmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progressmanager.cpp
index 444f19296b5706745588106264489b095f04f13b..419d8be0b70e22f0bc84594087775cfa29347260 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progressmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progressmanager.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ using namespace Core::Internal;
     The progress indicator also allows the user to cancel the task.
 
     You get the single instance of this class via the
-    Core::ICore::progressManager() function.
+    ProgressManager::instance() function.
 
     \section1 Registering a task
     The ProgressManager API uses QtConcurrent as the basis for defining
@@ -149,9 +149,8 @@ using namespace Core::Internal;
     in a different thread, looks like this:
     \code
     QFuture<void> task = QtConcurrent::run(&ILocatorFilter::refresh, filters);
-    Core::FutureProgress *progress = Core::ICore::instance()
-            ->progressManager()->addTask(task, tr("Indexing"),
-                                         Locator::Constants::TASK_INDEX);
+    Core::FutureProgress *progress = Core::ProgressManager::addTask(task, tr("Indexing"),
+                                                                    Locator::Constants::TASK_INDEX);
     \endcode
     First, we tell QtConcurrent to start a thread which calls all the filters'
     refresh function. After that we register the returned QFuture object
@@ -166,9 +165,7 @@ using namespace Core::Internal;
     // We are already running in a different thread here
     QFutureInterface<void> *progressObject = new QFutureInterface<void>;
     progressObject->setProgressRange(0, MAX);
-    Core::ICore::progressManager()->addTask(
-        progressObject->future(),
-        tr("DoIt"), MYTASKTYPE);
+    Core::ProgressManager::addTask(progressObject->future(), tr("DoIt"), MYTASKTYPE);
     progressObject->reportStarted();
     // Do something
     ...