diff --git a/examples/tips/README b/examples/tips/README
index faebb7343c9..ae7d096c2ed 100644
--- a/examples/tips/README
+++ b/examples/tips/README
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ gcloud compute instances create instance-name
    
 To run the client from GCE:
 make tips_client
-bins/opt/tips_client
+bins/opt/tips_client --project_id="your project id"
     
 A service account credential is required to run the client from other
 environments, which can be generated as a JSON key file from
@@ -22,9 +22,5 @@ https://console.developers.google.com/project/. To run the client with a service
 account credential:
 
 bins/opt/tips_client
-    --service_account_key_file="absolute path to the JSON key file"
     --project_id="your project id"
-
-    
-
-
+    --service_account_key_file="absolute path to the JSON key file"