diff --git a/samples/synchronization/src/main.c b/samples/synchronization/src/main.c
index cf53577374..e72eea92f9 100644
--- a/samples/synchronization/src/main.c
+++ b/samples/synchronization/src/main.c
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 /*
  * The synchronization demo has two threads that utilize semaphores and sleeping
  * to take turns printing a greeting message at a controlled rate. The demo
- * shows only the dynamic approach for spawning a thread. Alternatively,
- * a thread can be declared at compile time by calling K_THREAD_DEFINE.
+ * shows both the static and dynamic approaches for spawning a thread; a real
+ * world application would likely use the static approach for both threads.
  */
 
 #define PIN_THREADS (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SCHED_CPU_MASK))
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * @param my_sem       thread's own semaphore
  * @param other_sem    other thread's semaphore
  */
-void helloLoop(const char *my_name,
+void hello_loop(const char *my_name,
 		   struct k_sem *my_sem, struct k_sem *other_sem)
 {
 	const char *tname;
@@ -68,62 +68,52 @@ void helloLoop(const char *my_name,
 }
 
 /* define semaphores */
-K_SEM_DEFINE(threadA_sem, 1, 1);	/* starts off "available" */
-K_SEM_DEFINE(threadB_sem, 0, 1);	/* starts off "not available" */
+K_SEM_DEFINE(thread_a_sem, 1, 1);	/* starts off "available" */
+K_SEM_DEFINE(thread_b_sem, 0, 1);	/* starts off "not available" */
 
-/* threadA is a dynamic thread that is spawned in main */
-void threadA(void *dummy1, void *dummy2, void *dummy3)
+/* thread_a is a dynamic thread that is spawned in main */
+void thread_a_entry_point(void *dummy1, void *dummy2, void *dummy3)
 {
 	ARG_UNUSED(dummy1);
 	ARG_UNUSED(dummy2);
 	ARG_UNUSED(dummy3);
 
-	/* invoke routine to ping-pong hello messages with threadB */
-	helloLoop(__func__, &threadA_sem, &threadB_sem);
+	/* invoke routine to ping-pong hello messages with thread_b */
+	hello_loop(__func__, &thread_a_sem, &thread_b_sem);
 }
+K_THREAD_STACK_DEFINE(thread_a_stack_area, STACKSIZE);
+static struct k_thread thread_a_data;
 
-K_THREAD_STACK_DEFINE(threadB_stack_area, STACKSIZE);
-static struct k_thread threadB_data;
-
-/* threadB is a dynamic thread that is spawned in main */
-void threadB(void *dummy1, void *dummy2, void *dummy3)
+/* thread_b is a static thread spawned immediately */
+void thread_b_entry_point(void *dummy1, void *dummy2, void *dummy3)
 {
 	ARG_UNUSED(dummy1);
 	ARG_UNUSED(dummy2);
 	ARG_UNUSED(dummy3);
 
-	/* invoke routine to ping-pong hello messages with threadA */
-	helloLoop(__func__, &threadB_sem, &threadA_sem);
+	/* invoke routine to ping-pong hello messages with thread_a */
+	hello_loop(__func__, &thread_b_sem, &thread_a_sem);
 }
-
-K_THREAD_STACK_DEFINE(threadA_stack_area, STACKSIZE);
-static struct k_thread threadA_data;
+K_THREAD_DEFINE(thread_b, STACKSIZE,
+				thread_b_entry_point, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+				PRIORITY, 0, 0);
+extern const k_tid_t thread_b;
 
 int main(void)
 {
-	k_thread_create(&threadA_data, threadA_stack_area,
-			K_THREAD_STACK_SIZEOF(threadA_stack_area),
-			threadA, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+	k_thread_create(&thread_a_data, thread_a_stack_area,
+			K_THREAD_STACK_SIZEOF(thread_a_stack_area),
+			thread_a_entry_point, NULL, NULL, NULL,
 			PRIORITY, 0, K_FOREVER);
-	k_thread_name_set(&threadA_data, "thread_a");
+	k_thread_name_set(&thread_a_data, "thread_a");
+
 #if PIN_THREADS
 	if (arch_num_cpus() > 1) {
-		k_thread_cpu_pin(&threadA_data, 0);
+		k_thread_cpu_pin(&thread_a_data, 0);
+		k_thread_cpu_pin(thread_b, 1);
 	}
 #endif
 
-	k_thread_create(&threadB_data, threadB_stack_area,
-			K_THREAD_STACK_SIZEOF(threadB_stack_area),
-			threadB, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-			PRIORITY, 0, K_FOREVER);
-	k_thread_name_set(&threadB_data, "thread_b");
-#if PIN_THREADS
-	if (arch_num_cpus() > 1) {
-		k_thread_cpu_pin(&threadB_data, 1);
-	}
-#endif
-
-	k_thread_start(&threadA_data);
-	k_thread_start(&threadB_data);
+	k_thread_start(&thread_a_data);
 	return 0;
 }