diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91fa269..a5934b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ eval $(docker-machine env)
**On Windows & MAC:**
+Run this command in your terminal:
+
```bash
docker-machine ip default
```
@@ -723,34 +725,20 @@ If your Host name is different then `default`, you have to specify it (`docker-m
*(The default IP is 192.168.99.100)*
+
+
> **boot2docker** users: run `boot2docker ip` *(when boot2docker is up)*.
**On Linux:**
-1 - Run `ifconfig` in the terminal and follow step 2 - or grep the IP directly by the following command.
+Run this command in your terminal:
```shell
-$ ifconfig docker0 | grep 'inet' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}' | head -n1
+ifconfig docker0 | grep 'inet' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}' | head -n1
```
-2 - In the result search for `docker0`, your IP address will be next to `inet addr`.
-
-Example: (In this example your IP address is `172.17.0.1`).
-
-```shell
-docker0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:42:41:2d:c4:24
- inet addr:172.17.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.0.0
- UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
- RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
- TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
- collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
- RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
-```
->If you have an easier way to do it, share it with us.
-
-
-
+*(The default IP is 172.17.0.1)*