diff --git a/Examples/Filtering/FFTImageFilter.cxx b/Examples/Filtering/FFTImageFilter.cxx
index 75df1fb377d..d084801a3b2 100644
--- a/Examples/Filtering/FFTImageFilter.cxx
+++ b/Examples/Filtering/FFTImageFilter.cxx
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ main(int argc, char * argv[])
   // A way of testing the pixel type of an image in file is to
   // invoke the ImageIO object from the reader and then call
   // \code{GetPixelTypeAsString()}
-  complexReader->GetImageIO()->GetPixelTypeAsString(
+  itk::ImageIOBase::GetPixelTypeAsString(
     complexReader->GetImageIO()->GetPixelType());
 
 
diff --git a/Examples/IO/DicomImageReadPrintTags.cxx b/Examples/IO/DicomImageReadPrintTags.cxx
index f9095e528ab..5377a0ac1dc 100644
--- a/Examples/IO/DicomImageReadPrintTags.cxx
+++ b/Examples/IO/DicomImageReadPrintTags.cxx
@@ -369,10 +369,9 @@ main(int argc, char * argv[])
   const itk::IOComponentEnum componentType =
     reader->GetImageIO()->GetComponentType();
   std::cout << "PixelType: "
-            << reader->GetImageIO()->GetPixelTypeAsString(pixelType)
-            << std::endl;
+            << itk::ImageIOBase::GetPixelTypeAsString(pixelType) << std::endl;
   std::cout << "Component Type: "
-            << reader->GetImageIO()->GetComponentTypeAsString(componentType)
+            << itk::ImageIOBase::GetComponentTypeAsString(componentType)
             << std::endl;
   // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet