diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/routing/RouterViaProgramExample.scala b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/routing/RouterViaProgramExample.scala
index 5244a89b84..086e0dd131 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/routing/RouterViaProgramExample.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/routing/RouterViaProgramExample.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ object RoutingProgrammaticallyExample extends App {
   val actor2 = system.actorOf(Props[ExampleActor1])
   val actor3 = system.actorOf(Props[ExampleActor1])
   val routees = Vector[ActorRef](actor1, actor2, actor3)
-  val router2 = system.actorOf(Props().withRouter(
+  val router2 = system.actorOf(Props.empty.withRouter(
     RoundRobinRouter(routees = routees)))
   //#programmaticRoutingRoutees
   1 to 6 foreach { i ⇒ router2 ! Message1(i) }
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/java/sample/cluster/factorial/japi/FactorialFrontend.java b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/java/sample/cluster/factorial/japi/FactorialFrontend.java
index 1dbe3592b6..f14da33739 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/java/sample/cluster/factorial/japi/FactorialFrontend.java
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/java/sample/cluster/factorial/japi/FactorialFrontend.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class FactorialFrontend extends UntypedActor {
   LoggingAdapter log = Logging.getLogger(getContext().system(), this);
 
   ActorRef backend = getContext().actorOf(
-    Props.create(FactorialBackend.class).withRouter(FromConfig.getInstance()),
+    Props.empty().withRouter(FromConfig.getInstance()),
     "factorialBackendRouter");
 
   public FactorialFrontend(int upToN, boolean repeat) {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ abstract class FactorialFrontend2 extends UntypedActor {
   boolean allowLocalRoutees = true;
   String useRole = "backend";
   ActorRef backend = getContext().actorOf(
-    Props.create(FactorialBackend.class).withRouter(new ClusterRouterConfig(
+    Props.empty().withRouter(new ClusterRouterConfig(
       new AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouter(HeapMetricsSelector.getInstance(), 0),
       new ClusterRouterSettings(
         totalInstances, routeesPath, allowLocalRoutees, useRole))),
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/java/sample/cluster/stats/japi/StatsService.java b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/java/sample/cluster/stats/japi/StatsService.java
index 967fa91693..bda79b1afe 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/java/sample/cluster/stats/japi/StatsService.java
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/java/sample/cluster/stats/japi/StatsService.java
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import akka.routing.FromConfig;
 //#service
 public class StatsService extends UntypedActor {
 
+  // This router is used both with lookup and deploy of routees. If you
+  // have a router with only lookup of routees you can use Props.empty()
+  // instead of Props.create(StatsWorker.class).
   ActorRef workerRouter = getContext().actorOf(
       Props.create(StatsWorker.class).withRouter(FromConfig.getInstance()),
       "workerRouter");
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ abstract class StatsService2 extends UntypedActor {
   boolean allowLocalRoutees = true;
   String useRole = "compute";
   ActorRef workerRouter = getContext().actorOf(
-      Props.create(StatsWorker.class).withRouter(new ClusterRouterConfig(
+      Props.empty().withRouter(new ClusterRouterConfig(
           new ConsistentHashingRouter(0), new ClusterRouterSettings(
               totalInstances, routeesPath, allowLocalRoutees, useRole))),
       "workerRouter2");
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/scala/sample/cluster/factorial/FactorialSample.scala b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/scala/sample/cluster/factorial/FactorialSample.scala
index 636831ff3b..11dab47f9e 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/scala/sample/cluster/factorial/FactorialSample.scala
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/scala/sample/cluster/factorial/FactorialSample.scala
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ object FactorialFrontend {
 //#frontend
 class FactorialFrontend(upToN: Int, repeat: Boolean) extends Actor with ActorLogging {
 
-  val backend = context.actorOf(Props[FactorialBackend].withRouter(FromConfig),
+  val backend = context.actorOf(Props.empty.withRouter(FromConfig),
     name = "factorialBackendRouter")
 
   override def preStart(): Unit = sendJobs()
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ abstract class FactorialFrontend2 extends Actor {
   import akka.cluster.routing.AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouter
   import akka.cluster.routing.HeapMetricsSelector
 
-  val backend = context.actorOf(Props[FactorialBackend].withRouter(
+  val backend = context.actorOf(Props.empty.withRouter(
     ClusterRouterConfig(AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouter(HeapMetricsSelector),
       ClusterRouterSettings(
         totalInstances = 100, routeesPath = "/user/factorialBackend",
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/scala/sample/cluster/stats/StatsSample.scala b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/scala/sample/cluster/stats/StatsSample.scala
index ab3df215f8..c9d90e9924 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/scala/sample/cluster/stats/StatsSample.scala
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster/src/main/scala/sample/cluster/stats/StatsSample.scala
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ case class JobFailed(reason: String)
 
 //#service
 class StatsService extends Actor {
+  // This router is used both with lookup and deploy of routees. If you
+  // have a router with only lookup of routees you can use Props.empty
+  // instead of Props[StatsWorker.class].
   val workerRouter = context.actorOf(Props[StatsWorker].withRouter(FromConfig),
     name = "workerRouter")
 
@@ -225,7 +228,7 @@ abstract class StatsService2 extends Actor {
   import akka.cluster.routing.ClusterRouterSettings
   import akka.routing.ConsistentHashingRouter
 
-  val workerRouter = context.actorOf(Props[StatsWorker].withRouter(
+  val workerRouter = context.actorOf(Props.empty.withRouter(
     ClusterRouterConfig(ConsistentHashingRouter(), ClusterRouterSettings(
       totalInstances = 100, routeesPath = "/user/statsWorker",
       allowLocalRoutees = true, useRole = Some("compute")))),