diff --git a/.github/workflows/contrib_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/contrib_checks.yml
index a99414f8715a..035dc7714c0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contrib_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contrib_checks.yml
@@ -282,15 +282,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Build and run C++ minimal example
-        shell: bash
-        run: ./examples/cpp/minimal/build_and_run.sh --werror
-
       - name: Build and run rerun_cpp tests
         shell: bash
         run: ./rerun_cpp/build_and_run_tests.sh --werror
 
-      - name: Build code examples
+      - name: Build examples
         shell: bash
-        run: ./docs/code-examples/build_all.sh --werror
+        run: ./examples/cpp/build_all.sh --werror
 
+      - name: Build doc-code examples
+        shell: bash
+        run: ./docs/code-examples/cpp_build_all.sh --werror
diff --git a/docs/cspell.json b/docs/cspell.json
index aa763fa72b14..3e130f827510 100644
--- a/docs/cspell.json
+++ b/docs/cspell.json
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@
     "webgpu",
     "webm",
     "webpki",
+    "werror",
     "wgpu",
     "wgsl",
     "whele",
diff --git a/rerun_cpp/README.md b/rerun_cpp/README.md
index 634458e4b160..e9d7b71d90b6 100644
--- a/rerun_cpp/README.md
+++ b/rerun_cpp/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is not yet ready to be used.
 Run `scripts/setup.sh`.
 
 ## Test it
-`examples/cpp/minimal/build_and_run.sh`
+`./rerun_cpp/build_and_run_tests.sh --werror`
 
 # To do:
 * CI
diff --git a/scripts/check.sh b/scripts/check.sh
index 5fc15e7b5e7f..0cc694e499eb 100755
--- a/scripts/check.sh
+++ b/scripts/check.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ typos
 cargo fmt --all -- --check
 ./scripts/lint.py
 ./scripts/ci/cargo_deny.sh
-./examples/cpp/minimal/build_and_run.sh --werror
+./rerun_cpp/build_and_run_tests.sh --werror
 just py-lint
 
 cargo check --all-targets --all-features