diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/client/SpdyClient.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/client/SpdyClient.java
index fbae5d12f1..821005f862 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/client/SpdyClient.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/client/SpdyClient.java
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.*;
  * coordinates org.mortbay.jetty.npn:npn-boot. Different versions applies to different OpenJDK versions. See
  * <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/npn-chapter.html">Jetty docs</a> for more information.
  * <p>
- * You may also use maven to start the client from the command line:
+ * You may also use the {@code run-example.sh} script to start the client from the command line:
  * <pre>
- *     mvn exec:exec -Pspdy-client
+ *     ./run-example spdy-client
  * </pre>
  */
 public class SpdyClient {
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/client/package-info.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/client/package-info.java
index c9e8d44fec..de3f6d40ed 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/client/package-info.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/client/package-info.java
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@
  * After that, you can run {@link io.netty.example.spdy.client.SpdyClient}, also settings the JVM parameter
  * mentioned above.
  * <p>
- * You may also use maven to start the server and the client from the command line:
+ * You may also use the {@code run-example.sh} script to start the server and the client from the command line:
  * <pre>
- *     mvn exec:exec -Pspdy-server
+ *     ./run-example spdy-server
  * </pre>
  * Then start the client in a different terminal window:
- *     mvn exec:exec -Pspdy-client
+ * <pre>
+ *     ./run-example spdy-client
+ * </pre>
  */
 package io.netty.example.spdy.client;
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/SpdyServer.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/SpdyServer.java
index a281dd5ddb..f602051f8d 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/SpdyServer.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/SpdyServer.java
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
  * See <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/npn-chapter.html">Jetty docs</a> for more
  * information.
  * <p>
- * You may also use maven to start the server from the command line:
+ * You may also use the {@code run-example.sh} script to start the server from the command line:
  * <pre>
- *     mvn exec:exec -Pspdy-server
+ *     ./run-example spdy-server
  * </pre>
  * <p>
  * Once started, you can test the server with your
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/package-info.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/package-info.java
index ece1e7c9c7..1a61e7a58b 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/package-info.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/package-info.java
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
  * See <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/npn-chapter.html">Jetty docs</a> for more
  * information.
  * <p>
- * You may also use maven to start the server from the command line:
+ * You may also use the {@code run-example.sh} script to start the server from the command line:
  * <pre>
- *     mvn exec:exec -Pspdy-server
+ *     ./run-example spdy-server
  * </pre>
  * <p>
  * Once started, you can test the server with your
diff --git a/run-example.sh b/run-example.sh
index c409aaf098..48bd2fd07e 100755
--- a/run-example.sh
+++ b/run-example.sh
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ fi
 
 cd "`dirname "$0"`"/example
 echo "[INFO] Running: $EXAMPLE ($EXAMPLE_CLASS $EXAMPLE_ARGS)"
-exec mvn -X -nsu compile exec:exec -DargLine.example="$EXAMPLE_ARGS" -DexampleClass="$EXAMPLE_CLASS"
+exec mvn -nsu compile exec:exec -DargLine.example="$EXAMPLE_ARGS" -DexampleClass="$EXAMPLE_CLASS"