diff --git a/docs/site/ce_guide.md b/docs/site/ce_guide.md
index 69a557e0e888b81dabcc589f5fe0e3b6bb4c9eed..c0529b0060009264be5340a70fffb85d9442de91 100644
--- a/docs/site/ce_guide.md
+++ b/docs/site/ce_guide.md
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ This guide provides instructions on setting up JAliEn Computing Element (CE) by
 
 This approach only requires CVMFS and a valid Grid certificate or a user/host token in ```~/.globus```.
 
-1. The following environment path should be set the same way as ```voms-proxy-info -path```. For example:
+1. Ensure environment path for the proxy certificate is set. See output from ```voms-proxy-info -path``` to get the full path, for example:
 
     ```console
-    ~$ export X509_USER_PROXY="/var/lib/vobox/alice/proxy_repository"
+    ~$ export X509_USER_PROXY='/var/lib/vobox/alice/proxy_repository/+2fDC+3dch+2fDC...'
     ```
 
 2. Load the JAliEn environment:
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ It also allows for more overrides, such as for the agent startup script (at own
     ~$ ./compile.sh all
     ```
  
-3. The following environment path should be set the same way as ```voms-proxy-info -path```. For example:
+3. Ensure environment path for the proxy certificate is set. See output from ```voms-proxy-info -path``` to get the full path, for example:
 
     ```console
-    ~$ export X509_USER_PROXY="/var/lib/vobox/alice/proxy_repository"
+    ~$ export X509_USER_PROXY='/var/lib/vobox/alice/proxy_repository/+2fDC+3dch+2fDC...'
     ```
 
 4. Run the CE as follows: