diff --git a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq.bat b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq.bat
index 908ef19ecd..7bbcc0e663 100755
--- a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq.bat
+++ b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq.bat
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ REM Setup ActiveMQ Classpath.
 REM Add instance conf dir before AMQ install conf dir to pick up instance-specific classpath entries first
 set ACTIVEMQ_CLASSPATH=%ACTIVEMQ_CONF%;%ACTIVEMQ_BASE%/conf;%ACTIVEMQ_HOME%/conf;%ACTIVEMQ_CLASSPATH%
 
-"%_JAVACMD%" %SUNJMX% %ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS% %ACTIVEMQ_OPTS% %SSL_OPTS% -Dactivemq.classpath="%ACTIVEMQ_CLASSPATH%" -Dactivemq.home="%ACTIVEMQ_HOME%" -Dactivemq.base="%ACTIVEMQ_BASE%" -Dactivemq.conf="%ACTIVEMQ_CONF%" -Dactivemq.data="%ACTIVEMQ_DATA%" -Djava.io.tmpdir="%ACTIVEMQ_TMP%" -jar "%ACTIVEMQ_HOME%/bin/activemq.jar" start %*
+"%_JAVACMD%" %SUNJMX% %ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS% %ACTIVEMQ_OPTS% %SSL_OPTS% -Dactivemq.classpath="%ACTIVEMQ_CLASSPATH%" -Dactivemq.home="%ACTIVEMQ_HOME%" -Dactivemq.base="%ACTIVEMQ_BASE%" -Dactivemq.conf="%ACTIVEMQ_CONF%" -Dactivemq.data="%ACTIVEMQ_DATA%" -Djava.io.tmpdir="%ACTIVEMQ_TMP%" -jar "%ACTIVEMQ_HOME%/bin/activemq.jar" %*
 
 goto end
 
diff --git a/assembly/src/release/docs/user-guide.html b/assembly/src/release/docs/user-guide.html
index 1564a038bb..2529d43ff7 100755
--- a/assembly/src/release/docs/user-guide.html
+++ b/assembly/src/release/docs/user-guide.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If you're using Windows, just type
 </p>
 <pre>
     cd bin
-    activemq.bat
+    activemq.bat start
 </pre>
 <p>
 On Unix-like systems, type