diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.js b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.js
index db62cd8ccc..ad0480ca71 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.js
@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ module.exports = function exampleInlineTagDef(parseArgString, createDocMessage,
       const sourceCode = getExampleRegion(doc, relativePath, regionName);
 
       const attributes = [];
+      if (relativePath) attributes.push(` path="${relativePath}"`);
+      if (regionName) attributes.push(` region="${regionName}"`);
       if (header) attributes.push(` header="${header}"`);
       if (linenums !== undefined) attributes.push(` linenums="${linenums}"`);
 
+      // Preserve the no-longer-supported `title` attribute,
+      // in order to throw an appropriate error in `renderExamples` later.
+      if (tagArgs.title) attributes.push(` title="${tagArgs.title}"`);
+
       return '<code-example' + attributes.join('') + '>\n' + sourceCode + '\n</code-example>';
     }
   };
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.spec.js
index 5f688a455e..296d809cc8 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/inline-tag-defs/example.spec.js
@@ -42,27 +42,40 @@ describe('example inline-tag-def', function() {
     });
 
     it('should contain the whole contents from the example file if no region is specified', () => {
-      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url')).toEqual('<code-example>\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url')).toEqual('<code-example path="test/url">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
     });
 
     it('should contain the region contents from the example file if a region is specified', () => {
-      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url region-1')).toEqual('<code-example>\nregion 1 contents\n</code-example>');
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url region-1')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url" region="region-1">\nregion 1 contents\n</code-example>');
     });
 
     it('should add a header if specified', () => {
-      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url region-1 \'Some Header\'')).toEqual('<code-example header="Some Header">\nregion 1 contents\n</code-example>');
-      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url region-1 Some Header')).toEqual('<code-example header="Some Header">\nregion 1 contents\n</code-example>');
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url region-1 \'Some Header\'')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url" region="region-1" header="Some Header">\nregion 1 contents\n</code-example>');
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url region-1 Some Header')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url" region="region-1" header="Some Header">\nregion 1 contents\n</code-example>');
     });
 
     it('should contain the whole contents from the example file if an empty ("") region is specified', () => {
-      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url \'\'')).toEqual('<code-example>\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
-      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url \'\' Some Header')).toEqual('<code-example header="Some Header">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url \'\'')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url \'\' Some Header')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url" header="Some Header">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
     });
 
     it('should add in linenum attribute if specified', () => {
-      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url --linenums=\'false\'')).toEqual('<code-example linenums="false">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
-      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url --linenums=\'true\'')).toEqual('<code-example linenums="true">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
-      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url --linenums=\'15\'')).toEqual('<code-example linenums="15">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url --linenums=\'false\'')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url" linenums="false">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url --linenums=\'true\'')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url" linenums="true">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url --linenums=\'15\'')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url" linenums="15">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
+    });
+
+    it('should preserve the title if specified', () => {
+      expect(handler({}, 'example', 'test/url title="Some Title"')).toEqual(
+        '<code-example path="test/url" title="Some Title">\nwhole file\n</code-example>');
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/processors/render-examples.js b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/processors/render-examples.js
index b90d5763f1..509dd560b1 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/processors/render-examples.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/processors/render-examples.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ module.exports = function renderExamples(getExampleRegion, log, createDocMessage
     $runBefore: ['writing-files'],
     ignoreBrokenExamples: false,
     $process: function(docs) {
+      const titleVsHeaderErrors = [];
+
       docs.forEach(doc => {
         if (doc.renderedContent) {
           // We match either `code-example` or `code-pane` elements that have a path attribute
@@ -17,6 +19,14 @@ module.exports = function renderExamples(getExampleRegion, log, createDocMessage
             /<(code-example|code-pane)([^>]*)>[^<]*<\/([^>]+)>/g,
             (original, openingTag, attributes, closingTag) => {
               const attrMap = parseAttributes(attributes);
+
+              if (attrMap.hasOwnProperty('title')) {
+                titleVsHeaderErrors.push(createDocMessage(
+                  `Using the "title" attribute for specifying a ${openingTag} header is no longer supported. ` +
+                  `Use the "header" attribute instead.\n<${openingTag}${attributes}>`, doc));
+                return;
+              }
+
               if (attrMap.path) {
                 try {
                   if (closingTag !== openingTag) {
@@ -59,6 +69,11 @@ module.exports = function renderExamples(getExampleRegion, log, createDocMessage
             });
         }
       });
+
+      if (titleVsHeaderErrors.length) {
+        titleVsHeaderErrors.forEach(err => log.error(err));
+        throw new Error('Some code snippets use the `title` attribute instead of `header`.');
+      }
     }
   };
 };
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/processors/render-examples.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/processors/render-examples.spec.js
index 2fdf0bab9b..baab8e3343 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/processors/render-examples.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/examples-package/processors/render-examples.spec.js
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ describe('renderExamples processor', () => {
 
       it('should cope with spaces and double quotes inside attribute values', () => {
         const docs = [
-          { renderedContent: `<${CODE_TAG} title='a "quoted" value' path="test/url"></${CODE_TAG}>`}
+          { renderedContent: `<${CODE_TAG} header='a "quoted" value' path="test/url"></${CODE_TAG}>`}
         ];
         processor.$process(docs);
-        expect(docs[0].renderedContent).toEqual(`<${CODE_TAG} title="a &quot;quoted&quot; value" path="test/url">\nwhole file\n</${CODE_TAG}>`);
+        expect(docs[0].renderedContent).toEqual(`<${CODE_TAG} header="a &quot;quoted&quot; value" path="test/url">\nwhole file\n</${CODE_TAG}>`);
       });
 
       it('should throw an exception if the code-example tag is not closed correctly', () => {
@@ -117,6 +117,55 @@ describe('renderExamples processor', () => {
           'Missing example file... relativePath: "missing/url". - doc\n' +
           'Example files can be found in the following relative paths: "examples" - doc');
       });
+
+      it('should throw an exception if any code-example tag has a `title` attribute', () => {
+        const docs = [
+          {
+            name: 'Document A',
+            renderedContent: `
+              Example 1: <${CODE_TAG} path="test/url" header="This is a header "></${CODE_TAG}>
+              Example 2: <${CODE_TAG} path="test/url" title="This is a title 2"></${CODE_TAG}>
+            `,
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'Document B',
+            renderedContent: `
+              Example 3: <${CODE_TAG} path="test/url" title="This is a title 3"></${CODE_TAG}>
+              Example 4: <${CODE_TAG} path="test/url" header="This is a header 4"></${CODE_TAG}>
+            `,
+          },
+        ];
+
+        expect(() => processor.$process(docs)).toThrowError(
+          'Some code snippets use the `title` attribute instead of `header`.');
+
+        expect(log.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(log.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          `Using the "title" attribute for specifying a ${CODE_TAG} header is no longer supported. ` +
+          'Use the "header" attribute instead.\n' +
+          `<${CODE_TAG} path="test/url" title="This is a title 2"> - doc "Document A"`);
+        expect(log.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          `Using the "title" attribute for specifying a ${CODE_TAG} header is no longer supported. ` +
+          'Use the "header" attribute instead.\n' +
+          `<${CODE_TAG} path="test/url" title="This is a title 3"> - doc "Document B"`);
+      });
+
+      it('should throw an exception for `title` attribute even if `ignoreBrokenExamples` is set to true', () => {
+        processor.ignoreBrokenExamples = true;
+        const docs = [
+          { renderedContent: `<${CODE_TAG} path="test/url" title="This is a title"></${CODE_TAG}>` },
+        ];
+        expect(() => processor.$process(docs)).toThrowError(
+          'Some code snippets use the `title` attribute instead of `header`.');
+      });
+
+      it('should throw an exception for `title` attribute even if there is no `path` attribute', () => {
+        const docs = [
+          { renderedContent: `<${CODE_TAG} title="This is a title">Hard-coded contents.</${CODE_TAG}>` },
+        ];
+        expect(() => processor.$process(docs)).toThrowError(
+          'Some code snippets use the `title` attribute instead of `header`.');
+      });
     })
   );
 });