diff --git a/src/cli/cli.go b/src/cli/cli.go
index c695def0..30c28f7e 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli.go
+++ b/src/cli/cli.go
@@ -392,8 +392,7 @@ func send(c *cli.Context) (err error) {
 				fmt.Printf(`On UNIX systems, to send with a custom code phrase, 
 you need to set the environmental variable CROC_SECRET:
 
-  export CROC_SECRET="****"
-  croc send file.txt
+  CROC_SECRET=**** croc send file.txt
 
 Or you can have the code phrase automatically generated:
 
@@ -609,8 +608,7 @@ func receive(c *cli.Context) (err error) {
 			fmt.Printf(`On UNIX systems, to receive with croc you either need 
 to set a code phrase using your environmental variables:
 	
-  export CROC_SECRET="****"
-  croc 
+  CROC_SECRET=**** croc 
 
 Or you can specify the code phrase when you run croc without
 declaring the secret on the command line: