diff --git a/examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/BUILD b/examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/BUILD
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/BUILD
rename to examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/BUILD
diff --git a/examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/README.md b/examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c4182cf044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+gRPC systemd Socket Activation Example
+================
+
+This example shows how to use systemd's [socket-based activation](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_listen_fds_with_names.html) with gRPC.
+
+### Build and run the example
+
+The simplest way to exercise this is via `test.sh`. It roughly does the following:
+
+* Creates a systemd socket-activated service.
+* Builds the gRPC client & server.
+* Reloads the systemd daemon.
+* Runs the gRPC client, which in turn runs the gRPC server.
diff --git a/examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/client.cc b/examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/client.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/client.cc
rename to examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/client.cc
diff --git a/examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/server.cc b/examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/server.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/server.cc
rename to examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/server.cc
diff --git a/examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/test.sh b/examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/test.sh
similarity index 78%
rename from examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/test.sh
rename to examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/test.sh
index 02c51cd2549..f7cd42ebc64 100755
--- a/examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/test.sh
+++ b/examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/test.sh
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# Test structure borrowed with gratitude from
-# https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/tree/master/examples/features
-
 # Run this script as root
 
 clean() {
@@ -39,9 +36,9 @@ pass() {
     echo "SUCCESS: $1"
 }
 
-bazel build --define=use_systemd=true //examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act:all || fail "Failed to build sd_sock_act"
-cp ../../../../bazel-bin/examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/server /tmp/greeter_server
-cp ../../../../bazel-bin/examples/cpp/features/sd_sock_act/client /tmp/greeter_client
+bazel build --define=use_systemd=true //examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation:all || fail "Failed to build sd_sock_act"
+cp ../../../../bazel-bin/examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/server /tmp/greeter_server
+cp ../../../../bazel-bin/examples/cpp/systemd_socket_activation/client /tmp/greeter_client
 
 cat << EOF > /etc/systemd/system/sdsockact.service
 [Service]