diff --git a/doc/sax.md b/doc/sax.md
index eda42eb..72dcee7 100644
--- a/doc/sax.md
+++ b/doc/sax.md
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ using namespace rapidjson;
 
 typedef map<string, string> MessageMap;
 
-struct MessageHandler : public BaseReaderHandler<> {
+struct MessageHandler
+    : public BaseReaderHandler<UTF8<>, MessageHandler> {
     MessageHandler() : state_(kExpectObjectStart) {
     }
 
diff --git a/example/messagereader/messagereader.cpp b/example/messagereader/messagereader.cpp
index cf6f1e1..436af85 100644
--- a/example/messagereader/messagereader.cpp
+++ b/example/messagereader/messagereader.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ RAPIDJSON_DIAG_PUSH
 RAPIDJSON_DIAG_OFF(effc++)
 #endif
 
-struct MessageHandler : public BaseReaderHandler<> {
+struct MessageHandler
+    : public BaseReaderHandler<UTF8<>, MessageHandler> {
     MessageHandler() : messages_(), state_(kExpectObjectStart), name_() {}
 
     bool StartObject() {