diff --git a/p8compile.cmd b/p8compile.cmd
index ac53acce8..34a1b568a 100644
--- a/p8compile.cmd
+++ b/p8compile.cmd
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ set KOTLINPATH=%USERPROFILE%/.IdeaIC2019.1/config/plugins/Kotlin
 set LIBJARS=%KOTLINPATH%/lib/kotlin-stdlib.jar;%KOTLINPATH%/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar;./parser/antlr/lib/antlr-runtime-4.7.2.jar
 
 java -cp %PROG8CLASSPATH%;%LIBJARS% prog8.CompilerMainKt %*
+
+@REM   if you have created a .jar file using the 'create_compiler_jar' script, you can simply do:  java -jar prog8compiler.jar
diff --git a/p8compile.sh b/p8compile.sh
index 22ad37c3a..a745bad5c 100755
--- a/p8compile.sh
+++ b/p8compile.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ KOTLINPATH=${HOME}/.IntelliJIdea2019.1/config/plugins/Kotlin
 LIBJARS=${KOTLINPATH}/lib/kotlin-stdlib.jar:${KOTLINPATH}/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar:./parser/antlr/lib/antlr-runtime-4.7.2.jar
 
 java -cp ${PROG8CLASSPATH}:${LIBJARS} prog8.CompilerMainKt $*
+
+# if you have created a .jar file using the 'create_compiler_jar' script, you can simply do:  java -jar prog8compiler.jar
diff --git a/p8vm.cmd b/p8vm.cmd
index fa76c0901..8fe7bfba8 100644
--- a/p8vm.cmd
+++ b/p8vm.cmd
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ set KOTLINPATH=%USERPROFILE%/.IdeaIC2019.1/config/plugins/Kotlin
 set LIBJARS=%KOTLINPATH%/lib/kotlin-stdlib.jar;%KOTLINPATH%/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar
 
 java -cp %PROG8CLASSPATH%;%LIBJARS% prog8.StackVmMainKt %*
+
+@REM  if you have created a .jar file using the 'create_compiler_jar' script, you can simply do:  java -jar prog8compiler.jar -vm
diff --git a/p8vm.sh b/p8vm.sh
index cd7591d13..fd2957a1d 100755
--- a/p8vm.sh
+++ b/p8vm.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ KOTLINPATH=${HOME}/.IntelliJIdea2019.1/config/plugins/Kotlin
 LIBJARS=${KOTLINPATH}/lib/kotlin-stdlib.jar:${KOTLINPATH}/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar
 
 java -cp ${PROG8CLASSPATH}:${LIBJARS} prog8.StackVmMainKt $*
+
+#  if you have created a .jar file using the 'create_compiler_jar' script, you can simply do:  java -jar prog8compiler.jar -vm