diff --git a/docs/gotcha.txt b/docs/gotcha.txt
index a6b70c879..08710d204 100644
--- a/docs/gotcha.txt
+++ b/docs/gotcha.txt
@@ -47,14 +47,10 @@ save you many hours of grief.
 
 # The location of the file that keeps track of the master spectre
 # processId.
-"pidFile" : "/data/wre/var/logs/spectre.pid",
+"pidFile" : "/var/run/spectre.pid", ##Or some other location
 
-      After installing this version, you will need to manually kill
-      spectre:
-
-      killall spectre.pl
-
-      before starting it again.
+      After installing this version, you should manually kill spectre and
+      then modify the spectre.conf file to add the pidFile directive.
 
     * The Default Gallery Album View Thumbnails template has been reworked
       to get rid of intermittent rendering bugs with IE7.  The thumbnail
diff --git a/sbin/spectre.pl b/sbin/spectre.pl
index 1bdf3d10c..2d379dfa3 100755
--- a/sbin/spectre.pl
+++ b/sbin/spectre.pl
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if ($shutdown) {
     local $/;
     my $pidFileName = $config->get('pidFile');
     if (! $pidFileName) {
-        warn "No pidFile specified in spectre.conf, trying /var/run/spectre.pid\n";
+        warn "No pidFile specified in spectre.conf;  please add one.  Trying /var/run/spectre.pid instead.\n";
         $pidFileName = '/var/run/spectre.pid';
     }
     open my $pidFile, '<', $pidFileName or
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ elsif ($daemon) {
     my $pidFileName = $config->get('pidFile');
     ##Write the PID file
     if (! $pidFileName) {
-        warn "No pidFile specified in spectre.conf.  Trying /var/run/spectre.pid instead\n";
+        warn "No pidFile specified in spectre.conf;  please add one.  Trying /var/run/spectre.pid instead.\n";
         $pidFileName = '/var/run/spectre.pid';
     }
     if (!ping()) {