diff --git a/content/docs/request.md b/content/docs/request.md
index ad71c29..1843bf7 100644
--- a/content/docs/request.md
+++ b/content/docs/request.md
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ In the following example, we read and print the request payload chunk by chunk:
 {{< include-example example="requests" file="streaming.rs" section="streaming" >}}
 
 [examples]: https://github.com/actix/examples/tree/master/json/
-[multipartstruct]: https://docs.rs/actix-multipart/0.1.2/actix_multipart/struct.Multipart.html
-[fieldstruct]: https://docs.rs/actix-multipart/0.1.2/actix_multipart/struct.Field.html
+[multipartstruct]: https://docs.rs/actix-multipart/0.2/actix_multipart/struct.Multipart.html
+[fieldstruct]: https://docs.rs/actix-multipart/0.2/actix_multipart/struct.Field.html
 [multipartexample]: https://github.com/actix/examples/tree/master/multipart/
-[urlencoded]: https://docs.rs/actix-web/1.0.2/actix_web/dev/struct.UrlEncoded.html
-[payloadextractor]: https://docs.rs/actix-web/1.0.2/actix_web/web/struct.Payload.html
+[urlencoded]: https://docs.rs/actix-web/2/actix_web/dev/struct.UrlEncoded.html
+[payloadextractor]: https://docs.rs/actix-web/2/actix_web/web/struct.Payload.html
 [multipartcrate]: https://crates.io/crates/actix-multipart
-[formencoded]:Jhttps://docs.rs/actix-web/1.0.2/actix_web/web/struct.Form.html
+[formencoded]:Jhttps://docs.rs/actix-web/2/actix_web/web/struct.Form.html
diff --git a/examples/requests/Cargo.toml b/examples/requests/Cargo.toml
index 4d26310..3e3a598 100644
--- a/examples/requests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/requests/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
-actix-web = "1.0"
-futures = "0.1"
+actix-web = "2.0"
+actix-rt = "1.0"
+futures = "0.3.1"
 bytes = "0.4"
-actix-multipart = "0.1"
+actix-multipart = "0.2"
diff --git a/examples/requests/src/main.rs b/examples/requests/src/main.rs
index 7d822e2..c6a0c1f 100644
--- a/examples/requests/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/requests/src/main.rs
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ struct Info {
 }
 
 /// extract `Info` using serde
-fn index(info: web::Json<Info>) -> Result<String> {
+async fn index(info: web::Json<Info>) -> Result<String> {
     Ok(format!("Welcome {}!", info.username))
 }
 
-fn main() {
+#[actix_rt::main]
+async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     HttpServer::new(|| App::new().route("/", web::post().to(index)))
-        .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")
-        .unwrap()
+        .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")?
         .run()
-        .unwrap();
+        .await
 }
 // </json-request>
diff --git a/examples/requests/src/manual.rs b/examples/requests/src/manual.rs
index 44eeefc..dade24c 100644
--- a/examples/requests/src/manual.rs
+++ b/examples/requests/src/manual.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // <json-manual>
 use actix_web::{error, web, App, Error, HttpResponse};
 use bytes::BytesMut;
-use futures::{Future, Stream};
+use futures::StreamExt;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json;
 
@@ -13,41 +13,30 @@ struct MyObj {
 
 const MAX_SIZE: usize = 262_144; // max payload size is 256k
 
-pub fn index_manual(
-    payload: web::Payload,
-) -> impl Future<Item = HttpResponse, Error = Error> {
+async fn index_manual(mut payload: web::Payload) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     // payload is a stream of Bytes objects
-    payload
-        // `Future::from_err` acts like `?` in that it coerces the error type from
-        // the future into the final error type
-        .from_err()
-        // `fold` will asynchronously read each chunk of the request body and
-        // call supplied closure, then it resolves to result of closure
-        .fold(BytesMut::new(), move |mut body, chunk| {
-            // limit max size of in-memory payload
-            if (body.len() + chunk.len()) > MAX_SIZE {
-                Err(error::ErrorBadRequest("overflow"))
-            } else {
-                body.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
-                Ok(body)
-            }
-        })
-        // `Future::and_then` can be used to merge an asynchronous workflow with a
-        // synchronous workflow
-        .and_then(|body| {
-            // body is loaded, now we can deserialize serde-json
-            let obj = serde_json::from_slice::<MyObj>(&body)?;
-            Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(obj)) // <- send response
-        })
+    let mut body = BytesMut::new();
+    while let Some(chunk) = payload.next().await {
+        let chunk = chunk?;
+        // limit max size of in-memory payload
+        if (body.len() + chunk.len()) > MAX_SIZE {
+            return Err(error::ErrorBadRequest("overflow"));
+        }
+        body.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+    }
+
+    // body is loaded, now we can deserialize serde-json
+    let obj = serde_json::from_slice::<MyObj>(&body)?;
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(obj)) // <- send response
 }
 // </json-manual>
 
-pub fn main() {
+#[actix_rt::main]
+async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     use actix_web::HttpServer;
 
-    HttpServer::new(|| App::new().route("/", web::post().to_async(index_manual)))
-        .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")
-        .unwrap()
+    HttpServer::new(|| App::new().route("/", web::post().to(index_manual)))
+        .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")?
         .run()
-        .unwrap();
+        .await
 }
diff --git a/examples/requests/src/streaming.rs b/examples/requests/src/streaming.rs
index 9f4ab33..11c74c2 100644
--- a/examples/requests/src/streaming.rs
+++ b/examples/requests/src/streaming.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
 // <streaming>
 use actix_web::{error, web, Error, HttpResponse};
-use futures::{future::result, Future, Stream};
+use futures::{Future, Stream, StreamExt};
 
-pub fn index(payload: web::Payload) -> Box<dyn Future<Item = HttpResponse, Error = Error>> {
-    Box::new(
-        payload
-            .from_err()
-            .fold((), |_, chunk| {
-                println!("Chunk: {:?}", chunk);
-                result::<_, error::PayloadError>(Ok(()))
-            })
-            .map(|_| HttpResponse::Ok().into()),
-    )
+async fn index(mut body: web::Payload) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+    let mut bytes = web::BytesMut::new();
+    while let Some(item) = body.next().await {
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&item?);
+    }
+
+    println!("Chunk: {:?}", bytes);
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().finish())
 }
 // </streaming>
 
-pub fn main() {
+#[actix_rt::main]
+async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     use actix_web::{App, HttpServer};
 
-    HttpServer::new(|| App::new().route("/", web::post().to_async(index)))
-        .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")
-        .unwrap()
+    HttpServer::new(|| App::new().route("/", web::post().to(index)))
+        .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")?
         .run()
-        .unwrap();
+        .await
 }
diff --git a/examples/requests/src/urlencoded.rs b/examples/requests/src/urlencoded.rs
index 211c5a6..1486308 100644
--- a/examples/requests/src/urlencoded.rs
+++ b/examples/requests/src/urlencoded.rs
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ struct FormData {
     username: String,
 }
 
-fn index(form: web::Form<FormData>) -> HttpResponse {
+async fn index(form: web::Form<FormData>) -> HttpResponse {
     HttpResponse::Ok().body(format!("username: {}", form.username))
 }
 // </urlencoded>
 
-pub fn main() {
+#[actix_rt::main]
+async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     use actix_web::{App, HttpServer};
 
     HttpServer::new(|| App::new().route("/", web::post().to(index)))
-        .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")
-        .unwrap()
+        .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")?
         .run()
-        .unwrap();
+        .await
 }