diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/check_grid.py b/src/allmydata/test/check_grid.py
index f4bfcae31..0a68ed899 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/check_grid.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/check_grid.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ This script expects the client node to be running already.
 
 To set up the client node, do the following:
 
-  $DAEMONIZE tahoe run DIR
   tahoe create-client --introducer=INTRODUCER_FURL DIR
+  tahoe run DIR
   tahoe -d DIR create-alias testgrid
   # pick a 10kB-ish test file, compute its md5sum
   tahoe -d DIR put FILE testgrid:old.MD5SUM