diff --git a/examples/executor/README.md b/examples/executor/README.md
index 9451a6e..5ee6645 100644
--- a/examples/executor/README.md
+++ b/examples/executor/README.md
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 ray start --head
 ```
 
-2. Start Dagster:
+2. Start Dagster in the context of this example directory:
 
 ```shell
-dagster dev -w examples/executor/workspace.yaml
+cd examples/executor/workspace.yaml
+dagster dev
 ```
 
 3. From the UI, run the example job and observe how the steps are executed in separate Ray jobs in parallel.
diff --git a/examples/run_launcher/README.md b/examples/run_launcher/README.md
index 103cec5..bed90b1 100644
--- a/examples/run_launcher/README.md
+++ b/examples/run_launcher/README.md
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ The `RunLauncher` is configured in [dagster.yaml](dagster.yaml).
 ray start --head
 ```
 
-2. Start Dagster:
+2. Start Dagster in the context of this example directory:
 
 ```shell
-dagster dev -w examples/run_launcher/workspace.yaml
+cd examples/run_launcher/workspace.yaml
+dagster dev
 ```
 
 3. From the UI, run the example job and observe how the steps are executed in a Ray job.
diff --git a/examples/run_launcher_and_executor/README.md b/examples/run_launcher_and_executor/README.md
index f8449da..f1c5080 100644
--- a/examples/run_launcher_and_executor/README.md
+++ b/examples/run_launcher_and_executor/README.md
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ The `RunLauncher` is configured in [dagster.yaml](dagster.yaml).
 ray start --head
 ```
 
-2. Start Dagster:
+2. Start Dagster in the context of this example directory:
 
 ```shell
-dagster dev -w examples/run_launcher/workspace.yaml
+cd examples/run_launcher_and_executor/workspace.yaml
+dagster dev
 ```
 
 3. From the UI, run the example job and observe how: