diff --git a/commands/create.go b/commands/create.go
index 9b27cd0dbe..c4a2e8d7e7 100644
--- a/commands/create.go
+++ b/commands/create.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func cmdCreate(c *cli.Context) {
 	}
 
 	info := fmt.Sprintf("%s env %s", c.App.Name, name)
-	log.Infof("To point your Docker client at it, run this in your shell: %s", info)
+	log.Infof("To see how to connect Docker to this machine, run: %s", info)
 }
 
 // If the user has specified a driver, they should not see the flags for all
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 9d54382829..6d0f91f098 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ INFO[0012] Creating VirtualBox VM...
 INFO[0019] Starting VirtualBox VM...
 INFO[0020] Waiting for VM to start...
 INFO[0053] "dev" has been created and is now the active machine.
-INFO[0053] To point your Docker client at it, run this in your shell: eval "$(docker-machine env dev)"
+INFO[0053] To see how to connect Docker to this machine, run: docker-machine env dev"
 ```
 
 You can see the machine you have created by running the `docker-machine ls` command
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ INFO[0000] Creating SSH key...
 INFO[0000] Creating Digital Ocean droplet...
 INFO[0002] Waiting for SSH...
 INFO[0085] "staging" has been created and is now the active machine
-INFO[0085] To point your Docker client at it, run this in your shell: eval "$(docker-machine env staging)"
+INFO[0085] To see how to connect Docker to this machine, run: docker-machine env staging"
 ```
 
 For convenience, `docker-machine` will use sensible defaults for choosing
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ INFO[0000] Creating VirtualBox VM...
 INFO[0007] Starting VirtualBox VM...
 INFO[0007] Waiting for VM to start...
 INFO[0038] "dev" has been created and is now the active machine.
-INFO[0038] To point your Docker client at it, run this in your shell: eval "$(docker-machine env dev)"
+INFO[0038] To see how to connect Docker to this machine, run: docker-machine env dev"
 ```
 
 ##### Specifying configuration options for the created Docker engine