diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de97705..058b6ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 `mailcap-agent` can be used to use local commands to view files from a remote
 host, e.g. when using ssh to read email. To use it, run
 
-    ./mailcap-server.py ~/.mailcap.sock
+    mailcap-server.py
 
 on your local host, then add something like this to your `~/.ssh/config`:
 
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ on your local host, then add something like this to your `~/.ssh/config`:
 On the remote host, set up your `~/.mailcap`, e.g. to open all images and PDFs
 using mailcap-agent:
 
-    image/*;~/mailcap-client.py %s %t
-    application/pdf;~/mailcap-client.py %s %t
+    image/*;mailcap-client.py %s %t
+    application/pdf;mailcap-client.py %s %t
 
-and try opening a file.
+and try opening a file, either with some application that uses your mailcap
+file or directly:
 
+    mailcap-client.py some_image.jpg image/jpeg