diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/cmd-cherry-pick.txt
index 568c8729d6..d051a9a3aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmd-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ copy it to your local system:
 ====
   $ scp -p -P 29418 john.doe@review.example.com:bin/gerrit-cherry-pick ~/bin/
 
-  $ curl http://review.example.com/tools/bin/gerrit-cherry-pick
+  $ curl -o ~/bin/gerrit-cherry-pick http://review.example.com/tools/bin/gerrit-cherry-pick
 ====
 
 GERRIT
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-index.txt b/Documentation/cmd-index.txt
index 4c0560e512..c4f222bdd8 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmd-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-index.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ To download a client command or hook, use scp or an http client:
   $ scp -p -P 29418 john.doe@review.example.com:bin/gerrit-cherry-pick ~/bin/
   $ scp -p -P 29418 john.doe@review.example.com:hooks/commit-msg .git/hooks/
 
-  $ curl http://review.example.com/tools/bin/gerrit-cherry-pick
-  $ curl http://review.example.com/tools/hooks/commit-msg
+  $ curl -o ~/bin/gerrit-cherry-pick http://review.example.com/tools/bin/gerrit-cherry-pick
+  $ curl -o .git/hooks/commit-msg http://review.example.com/tools/hooks/commit-msg
 
 For more details on how to determine the correct SSH port number,
 see link:user-upload.html#test_ssh[Testing Your SSH Connection].
diff --git a/Documentation/user-changeid.txt b/Documentation/user-changeid.txt
index 409bb32908..6c8f883796 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-changeid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-changeid.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ To install the hook, copy it from Gerrit's daemon:
 
   $ scp -p -P 29418 john.doe@review.example.com:hooks/commit-msg .git/hooks/
 
-  $ curl http://review.example.com/tools/hooks/commit-msg
+  $ curl -o .git/hooks/commit-msg http://review.example.com/tools/hooks/commit-msg
 
 For more details, see link:cmd-hook-commit-msg.html[commit-msg].