diff --git a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 481adea4fd7cdbc005d385844f0fe769cd3aee30..da3a2776847082d9b9ebba9f35d5e4e19254538a 100644
--- a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -1752,8 +1752,7 @@ function drupal_anonymous_user() {
  *
  * In order to bootstrap Drupal from another PHP script, you can use this code:
  * @code
- *   define('DRUPAL_ROOT', '/path/to/drupal');
- *   require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/includes/bootstrap.inc';
+ *   require_once '/path/to/drupal/core/includes/bootstrap.inc';
  *   drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);
  * @endcode
  *