diff --git a/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast b/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast
index d2cecd2bf..3bfcea033 100644
--- a/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast
+++ b/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast
@@ -1,63 +1,63 @@
 # 2d circle of particles inside a box with LJ walls
 
 variable        b index 0
 
 variable	x index 50
 variable	y index 20
 variable	d index 20
 variable	v index 5
 variable	w index 2
                 
 units		lj
 dimension       2
 atom_style	bond
 boundary        f f p
 
 lattice		hex 0.85
 region		box block 0 $x 0 $y -0.5 0.5
 create_box	1 box bond/types 1 extra/bond/per/atom 6
 region		circle sphere $(v_d/2+1) $(v_d/2/sqrt(3.0)+1) 0.0 $(v_d/2)
 create_atoms	1 region circle
 mass		1 1.0
 
 velocity	all create 0.5 87287 loop geom
 velocity        all set $v $w 0 sum yes
 
 pair_style	lj/cut 2.5
 pair_coeff	1 1 10.0 1.0 2.5
 
 bond_style      harmonic
 bond_coeff      1 10.0 1.2
 
 # need to preserve 1-3, 1-4 pairwise interactions during hard collisions
 
 special_bonds   lj/coul 0 1 1
-create_bonds    all all 1 1.0 1.5
+create_bonds    many all all 1 1.0 1.5
 
 neighbor	0.3 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1 check yes
 
 fix		1 all nve
 
 fix             2 all wall/lj93 xlo 0.0 1 1 2.5 xhi $x 1 1 2.5
 fix             3 all wall/lj93 ylo 0.0 1 1 2.5 yhi $y 1 1 2.5
 
 comm_style      tiled
 comm_modify     cutoff 10.0   # because bonds stretch a long ways
 fix             10 all balance 50 0.9 rcb
 
 #compute         1 all property/atom proc
 #variable        p atom (c_1%10)+1
 #dump            2 all custom 50 tmp.dump id v_p x y z
 
 #dump            3 all image 50 image.*.jpg v_p type bond atom 0.25 &
 #                adiam 1.0 view 0 0 zoom 1.8 subbox yes 0.02
 #variable        colors string &
 #                "red green blue yellow white &
 #                purple pink orange lime gray"
 #dump_modify     3 pad 5 amap 0 10 sa 1 10 ${colors}
 
 thermo_style    custom step temp epair press f_10[3] f_10
 thermo          100                
 
 run		10000
diff --git a/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow b/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow
index fdf0ea6c4..68b1110c3 100644
--- a/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow
+++ b/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow
@@ -1,62 +1,62 @@
 # 2d circle of particles inside a box with LJ walls
 
 variable        b index 0
 
 variable	x index 50
 variable	y index 20
 variable	d index 20
 
 # careful not to slam into wall too hard
 
 variable	v index 0.3
 variable	w index 0.08
                 
 units		lj
 dimension       2
 atom_style	bond
 boundary        f f p
 
 lattice		hex 0.85
 region		box block 0 $x 0 $y -0.5 0.5
 create_box	1 box bond/types 1 extra/bond/per/atom 6
 region		circle sphere $(v_d/2+1) $(v_d/2/sqrt(3.0)+1) 0.0 $(v_d/2)
 create_atoms	1 region circle
 mass		1 1.0
 
 velocity	all create 0.5 87287 loop geom
 velocity        all set $v $w 0 sum yes
 
 pair_style	lj/cut 2.5
 pair_coeff	1 1 10.0 1.0 2.5
 
 bond_style      harmonic
 bond_coeff      1 10.0 1.2
 
-create_bonds    all all 1 1.0 1.5
+create_bonds    many all all 1 1.0 1.5
 
 neighbor	0.3 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1 check yes
 
 fix		1 all nve
 
 fix             2 all wall/lj93 xlo 0.0 1 1 2.5 xhi $x 1 1 2.5
 fix             3 all wall/lj93 ylo 0.0 1 1 2.5 yhi $y 1 1 2.5
 
 comm_style      tiled
 fix             10 all balance 50 0.9 rcb
 
 #compute         1 all property/atom proc
 #variable        p atom (c_1%10)+1
 #dump            2 all custom 50 tmp.dump id v_p x y z
 
 #dump            3 all image 200 image.*.jpg v_p type bond atom 0.25 &
 #                adiam 1.0 view 0 0 zoom 1.8 subbox yes 0.02
 #variable        colors string &
 #                "red green blue yellow white &
 #                purple pink orange lime gray"
 #dump_modify     3 pad 5 amap 0 10 sa 1 10 ${colors}
 
 thermo_style    custom step temp epair press f_10[3] f_10
 thermo          100                
 
 run		40000