diff --git a/Meta/check-markdown.sh b/Meta/check-markdown.sh
index aee514e0079..6132ca303b7 100755
--- a/Meta/check-markdown.sh
+++ b/Meta/check-markdown.sh
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ if [ -z "$SERENITY_SOURCE_DIR" ] ; then
     export SERENITY_SOURCE_DIR
 fi
 
-find AK Base Documentation Kernel Meta Ports Tests Userland -path 'Ports/*/*' -prune -o -type f -name '*.md' -print0 | xargs -0 "${MARKDOWN_CHECK_BINARY}" README.md CONTRIBUTING.md
+find AK Base Documentation Kernel Meta Ports Tests Userland -type f -name '*.md' -print0 | xargs -0 "${MARKDOWN_CHECK_BINARY}" README.md CONTRIBUTING.md
diff --git a/Userland/Utilities/markdown-check.cpp b/Userland/Utilities/markdown-check.cpp
index 5e6e22e99d5..0115f9c07e8 100644
--- a/Userland/Utilities/markdown-check.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Utilities/markdown-check.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 /*
  * You may want to invoke the checker like this:
- * $ cd Build/lagom
- * $ ninja
- * $ find ../../AK ../../Base ../../Documentation/ ../../Kernel/ ../../Meta/ ../../Ports/ ../../Tests/ ../../Userland/ -type f -name '*.md' | xargs ./markdown-check ../../README.md
+ * $ ninja -C Build/lagom
+ * $ export SERENITY_SOURCE_DIR=/path/to/serenity
+ * $ find AK Base Documentation Kernel Meta Ports Tests Userland -type f -name '*.md' -print0 | xargs -0 Build/lagom/markdown-check README.md CONTRIBUTING.md
  */
 
 #include <AK/Format.h>