diff --git a/smolmix/core/examples/https.rs b/smolmix/core/examples/https.rs
index 3f87573e49..6f1c6aa0d7 100644
--- a/smolmix/core/examples/https.rs
+++ b/smolmix/core/examples/https.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let tls = tls_connector();
     let addr = ADDR.parse()?;
 
-    // --- Clearnet baseline ---
+    // Clearnet baseline
     info!("Fetching https://{HOST}{PATH} via clearnet...");
     let clearnet_start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
     let clearnet_tcp = tokio::net::TcpStream::connect(addr).await?;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let clearnet_duration = clearnet_start.elapsed();
     info!("Clearnet: {} in {:?}", clearnet_status, clearnet_duration);
 
-    // --- Mixnet via smolmix ---
+    // Mixnet via smolmix
     let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
     let ipr_addr = args
         .iter()
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let (_mixnet_status, mixnet_body) = https_get(mixnet_tcp, &tls, HOST, PATH).await?;
     let mixnet_duration = mixnet_start.elapsed();
 
-    // --- Compare ---
-    info!("=== Results ===");
+    // Compare
+    info!("Results");
     let clearnet_ip = clearnet_body.lines().find(|l| l.starts_with("ip="));
     let mixnet_ip = mixnet_body.lines().find(|l| l.starts_with("ip="));
     info!("Clearnet IP: {}", clearnet_ip.unwrap_or("?"));
diff --git a/smolmix/dns/examples/resolve.rs b/smolmix/dns/examples/resolve.rs
index 57d92761f5..449594e764 100644
--- a/smolmix/dns/examples/resolve.rs
+++ b/smolmix/dns/examples/resolve.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
 
     let domain = "example.com";
 
-    // --- Clearnet baseline via hickory-resolver ---
+    // Clearnet baseline via hickory-resolver
     info!("Clearnet DNS lookup for '{domain}'...");
     let clearnet_resolver = TokioResolver::builder_tokio()?.build();
     let clearnet_start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let clearnet_duration = clearnet_start.elapsed();
     info!("Clearnet: {:?} in {:?}", clearnet_ips, clearnet_duration);
 
-    // --- Mixnet via smolmix-dns ---
+    // Mixnet via smolmix-dns
     let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
     let ipr_addr = args
         .iter()
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let addrs = resolver.resolve("nymtech.net", 443).await?;
     info!("Resolved nymtech.net:443 → {addrs:?}");
 
-    // --- Compare ---
-    info!("=== Results ===");
+    // Compare
+    info!("Results");
     info!("Clearnet: {:?} ({:?})", clearnet_ips, clearnet_duration);
     info!("Mixnet:   {:?} ({:?})", mixnet_ips, mixnet_duration);
 
diff --git a/smolmix/hyper/examples/get.rs b/smolmix/hyper/examples/get.rs
index bd6b2d7009..4852fac7eb 100644
--- a/smolmix/hyper/examples/get.rs
+++ b/smolmix/hyper/examples/get.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let host = "cloudflare.com";
     let path = "/cdn-cgi/trace";
 
-    // --- Clearnet baseline via reqwest ---
+    // Clearnet baseline via reqwest
     info!("Fetching via clearnet...");
     let clearnet_start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
     let clearnet_resp = reqwest::get(format!("https://{host}{path}")).await?;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let clearnet_duration = clearnet_start.elapsed();
     info!("Clearnet: {} in {:?}", clearnet_status, clearnet_duration);
 
-    // --- Mixnet via smolmix-hyper ---
+    // Mixnet via smolmix-hyper
     let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
     let ipr_addr = args
         .iter()
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let mixnet_body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&body_bytes);
     let mixnet_duration = mixnet_start.elapsed();
 
-    // --- Compare ---
-    info!("=== Results ===");
+    // Compare
+    info!("Results");
     info!("Clearnet: {} in {:?}", clearnet_status, clearnet_duration);
     info!("Mixnet:   {} in {:?}", mixnet_status, mixnet_duration);
     info!("Status match: {}", clearnet_status == mixnet_status);
diff --git a/smolmix/hyper/examples/post.rs b/smolmix/hyper/examples/post.rs
index 0cf194ccf6..89d5abe312 100644
--- a/smolmix/hyper/examples/post.rs
+++ b/smolmix/hyper/examples/post.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
         .install_default()
         .expect("Failed to install rustls crypto provider");
 
-    // --- Clearnet baseline via reqwest ---
+    // Clearnet baseline via reqwest
     info!("POST via clearnet...");
     let clearnet_start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
     let clearnet_resp = reqwest::Client::new()
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let clearnet_duration = clearnet_start.elapsed();
     info!("Clearnet: {} in {:?}", clearnet_status, clearnet_duration);
 
-    // --- Mixnet via smolmix-hyper ---
+    // Mixnet via smolmix-hyper
     let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
     let ipr_addr = args
         .iter()
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let mixnet_body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&body_bytes);
     let mixnet_duration = mixnet_start.elapsed();
 
-    // --- Compare ---
-    info!("=== Results ===");
+    // Compare
+    info!("Results");
     info!("Clearnet: {} in {:?}", clearnet_status, clearnet_duration);
     info!("Mixnet:   {} in {:?}", mixnet_status, mixnet_duration);
     info!("Status match: {}", clearnet_status == mixnet_status);
diff --git a/smolmix/tls/examples/connect.rs b/smolmix/tls/examples/connect.rs
index 2bec69449c..85a2915ef1 100644
--- a/smolmix/tls/examples/connect.rs
+++ b/smolmix/tls/examples/connect.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let host = "example.com";
     let addr: std::net::SocketAddr = "93.184.216.34:443".parse()?;
 
-    // --- Clearnet baseline via tokio + tokio-rustls ---
+    // Clearnet baseline via tokio + tokio-rustls
     info!("Clearnet TLS connection to {host}...");
     let clearnet_start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
         clearnet_duration
     );
 
-    // --- Mixnet via smolmix-tls ---
+    // Mixnet via smolmix-tls
     let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
     let ipr_addr = args
         .iter()
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
         mixnet_duration
     );
 
-    // --- Compare ---
-    info!("=== Results ===");
+    // Compare
+    info!("Results");
     info!(
         "Clearnet: {} bytes in {:?}",
         clearnet_buf.len(),