diff --git a/confd_client/README b/confd_client/README
index aa711c0..80229c7 100644
--- a/confd_client/README
+++ b/confd_client/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 1. Reserve and login to a VM a root
 2. cd ${RIFT_ROOT}
-3. ./rift-shell -e
+3. ./rift-shell
 4. cd modules/core/mc/confd_client
 4. ./confd_client_opdata.sh (will measure the rate for fetching operational data)
 5. ./confd_client_config.sh (will measure the rate of config writes and reads)