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+++ b/README
@@ -15,8 +15,15 @@ you should get them back a few minutes later when a block is solved.
 
 You can also use a command line tool that exposes basic Bitcoin operations
 
-  ./wallet-tool   (on UNIX, if you have Maven installed)
-  mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=WalletTool --help   (on other platforms)
+On UNIX:
+  cd tools
+  ./wallet-tool
+
+On other platforms, do what the shell script would do for you:
+  cd tools
+  mvn -q package -DskipTests
+  java -jar target/bitcoinj-tools-*.jar --help
+
 
 Note that if you connect to a node that is itself downloading the block chain, you will see very slow progress (1
 block per second or less). Find a node that isn't heavily loaded to connect to.