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@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ only on your computer.
 
 To start a fake `~zod`, the command is:
 
-    bin/urbit -FI ~zod -c [pier directory]
+    bin/urbit -F -I ~zod -c [pier directory]
 
-(Your shell may not require backslash escaping the `~`.) To resume one
+(Your shell may require backslash escaping the `~`.) To resume one
 that was already created, just as on the live network, remove `-c` (but
 leave the rest of the options there). `-F` uses the fake network, and
 `-I` starts an "imperial" instance - that is, an 8-bit galaxy.