diff --git a/docs/gotcha.txt b/docs/gotcha.txt
index 0c3d61dbf..0443a7fe7 100644
--- a/docs/gotcha.txt
+++ b/docs/gotcha.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ save you many hours of grief.
 
 # The location of the file that keeps track of the master spectre
 # processId.
-"pidFile" : "/data/wre/var/run/spectre.pid",
+"pidFile" : "/var/run/spectre.pid",  ##or /data/wre/var/logs, or someplace else
 
       After installing this version, you will need to manually kill
       spectre, but it can be started again through the spectre script.