diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 8526b5ba..aa9c4bbb 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To install locally:
 
 ----
 
-$ mvn install -s .settings.xml
+$ mvn install
 ----
 
 and to deploy snapshots to repo.spring.io:
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
index f60b94d3..74de7f6a 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ To install locally:
 
 ----
 
-$ mvn install
+$ mvn install -s .settings.xml
 ----
 
 and to deploy snapshots to repo.spring.io: