diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-req.json b/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-req.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d88eb4122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-req.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "server" : {
+        "name" : "new-server-test",
+        "imageRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
+        "flavorRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/flavors/1",
+        "metadata" : {
+            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
+        },
+        "personality" : [
+            {
+                "path" : "/etc/banner.txt",
+                "contents" : "ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBpdCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5kIGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVsc2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4gQnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRoZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlvdSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vyc2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA=="
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-req.xml b/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-req.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a3c8bb53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-req.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<server xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1" imageRef="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b" flavorRef="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/flavors/1" name="new-server-test">
+  <metadata>
+    <meta key="My Server Name">Apache1</meta>
+  </metadata>
+  <personality>
+    <file path="/etc/banner.txt">
+        ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBp
+        dCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5k
+        IGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVs
+        c2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4g
+        QnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRo
+        ZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlv
+        dSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vy
+        c2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6
+        b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA==
+    </file>
+  </personality>
+</server>
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diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-resp.json b/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-resp.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09d9fb612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-resp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "server": {
+        "adminPass": "xrDLoBeMD28B",
+        "id": "3f69b6bd-00a8-4636-96ee-650093624304",
+        "links": [
+            {
+                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/openstack/servers/3f69b6bd-00a8-4636-96ee-650093624304",
+                "rel": "self"
+            },
+            {
+                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/servers/3f69b6bd-00a8-4636-96ee-650093624304",
+                "rel": "bookmark"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-resp.xml b/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-resp.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f84ac03d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server-post-resp.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<server xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1" id="6ed1d112-6c33-4c8b-9780-e2f978bf5ffd" adminPass="uF9wWxBh3mWL">
+  <metadata/>
+  <atom:link href="http://openstack.example.com/v2/openstack/servers/6ed1d112-6c33-4c8b-9780-e2f978bf5ffd" rel="self"/>
+  <atom:link href="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/servers/6ed1d112-6c33-4c8b-9780-e2f978bf5ffd" rel="bookmark"/>
+</server>
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diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server_start_stop.xml b/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server_start_stop.xml
index 69aac4af4..974e415a5 100644
--- a/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server_start_stop.xml
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-server-start-stop/server_start_stop.xml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<stop/>
+<os-stop/>
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