diff --git a/docs/content/tutorials/quickstart.md b/docs/content/tutorials/quickstart.md
index cee0ef4f772..cf420df5562 100644
--- a/docs/content/tutorials/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/content/tutorials/quickstart.md
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ This tutorial runs every Druid process on the same system. In a large distribute
 many of these Druid processes can still be co-located together.
 
 ```bash
-java `cat conf-quickstart/druid/historical/jvm.config | xargs` -cp conf-quickstart/druid/_common:conf-quickstart/druid/historical:lib/* io.druid.cli.Main server historical
-java `cat conf-quickstart/druid/broker/jvm.config | xargs` -cp conf-quickstart/druid/_common:conf-quickstart/druid/broker:lib/* io.druid.cli.Main server broker
-java `cat conf-quickstart/druid/coordinator/jvm.config | xargs` -cp conf-quickstart/druid/_common:conf-quickstart/druid/coordinator:lib/* io.druid.cli.Main server coordinator
-java `cat conf-quickstart/druid/overlord/jvm.config | xargs` -cp conf-quickstart/druid/_common:conf-quickstart/druid/overlord:lib/* io.druid.cli.Main server overlord
-java `cat conf-quickstart/druid/middleManager/jvm.config | xargs` -cp conf-quickstart/druid/_common:conf-quickstart/druid/middleManager:lib/* io.druid.cli.Main server middleManager
+java `cat conf-quickstart/druid/historical/jvm.config | xargs` -cp "conf-quickstart/druid/_common:conf-quickstart/druid/historical:lib/*" io.druid.cli.Main server historical
+java `cat conf-quickstart/druid/broker/jvm.config | xargs` -cp "conf-quickstart/druid/_common:conf-quickstart/druid/broker:lib/*" io.druid.cli.Main server broker
+java `cat conf-quickstart/druid/coordinator/jvm.config | xargs` -cp "conf-quickstart/druid/_common:conf-quickstart/druid/coordinator:lib/*" io.druid.cli.Main server coordinator
+java `cat conf-quickstart/druid/overlord/jvm.config | xargs` -cp "conf-quickstart/druid/_common:conf-quickstart/druid/overlord:lib/*" io.druid.cli.Main server overlord
+java `cat conf-quickstart/druid/middleManager/jvm.config | xargs` -cp "conf-quickstart/druid/_common:conf-quickstart/druid/middleManager:lib/*" io.druid.cli.Main server middleManager
 ```
 
 You should see a log message printed out for each service that starts up.