diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 40b32ad1..10f8682d 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ See the https://consul.io/intro/index.html[intro] for more information.
 1. Run `docker-compose up`
 2. Verify consul is running by visiting http://localhost:8500
 3. Run `mvn package` this will bring in the required spring cloud maven repositories and build
-4. Run `java -jar spring-cloud-consul-sample/target/spring-cloud-consul-sample-1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar`
+4. Run `java -jar spring-cloud-consul-sample/target/spring-cloud-consul-sample-${VERSION}.jar`
 5. visit http://localhost:8080, verify that `{"serviceId":"<yourhost>:8080","host":"<yourhost>","port":8080}` results
-6. run `java -jar spring-cloud-consul-sample/target/spring-cloud-consul-sample-1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar --server.port=8081`
+6. run `java -jar spring-cloud-consul-sample/target/spring-cloud-consul-sample-${VERSION}.jar --server.port=8081`
 7. visit http://localhost:8080 again, verify that `{"serviceId":"<yourhost>:8081","host":"<yourhost>","port":8081}` eventually shows up in the results in a round robbin fashion (may take a minute or so).
 
 == Building
@@ -212,4 +212,4 @@ added after the original pull request but before a merge.
   other target branch in the main project).
 * When writing a commit message please follow http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html[these conventions],
   if you are fixing an existing issue please add `Fixes gh-XXXX` at the end of the commit
-  message (where XXXX is the issue number).
+  message (where XXXX is the issue number).
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diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
index bfd11bc7..34f02b4b 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ See the https://consul.io/intro/index.html[intro] for more information.
 1. Run `docker-compose up`
 2. Verify consul is running by visiting http://localhost:8500
 3. Run `mvn package` this will bring in the required spring cloud maven repositories and build
-4. Run `java -jar spring-cloud-consul-sample/target/spring-cloud-consul-sample-1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar`
+4. Run `java -jar spring-cloud-consul-sample/target/spring-cloud-consul-sample-${VERSION}.jar`
 5. visit http://localhost:8080, verify that `{"serviceId":"<yourhost>:8080","host":"<yourhost>","port":8080}` results
-6. run `java -jar spring-cloud-consul-sample/target/spring-cloud-consul-sample-1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar --server.port=8081`
+6. run `java -jar spring-cloud-consul-sample/target/spring-cloud-consul-sample-${VERSION}.jar --server.port=8081`
 7. visit http://localhost:8080 again, verify that `{"serviceId":"<yourhost>:8081","host":"<yourhost>","port":8081}` eventually shows up in the results in a round robbin fashion (may take a minute or so).
 
 == Building