diff --git a/maven-mboot/README.txt b/maven-mboot/README.txt
index f797871b72..2fd748e95e 100644
--- a/maven-mboot/README.txt
+++ b/maven-mboot/README.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 How to use mboot
 ----------------
 
-o export MBOOT_HOME=<whatever>
-o export PATH=$PATH:$MBOOT_HOME
 o ./build
 o cd target
+o export MBOOT_HOME=<whatever>; export PATH=$PATH:$MBOOT_HOME (optional)
 o ./mboot-install.sh
 o mboot
 
 mboot will build Maven projects that are relatively simple. It will build
 a JAR and package any resources into the JAR. Good enough for Maven itself
 and the plugins but appears to be useful for other things.
+