diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/admin/ejb-jar.xml b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/admin/ejb-jar.xml
index 5ea6330753a..b25cefb6340 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/admin/ejb-jar.xml
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/admin/ejb-jar.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ejb-jar xmlns = "http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" 
-         version = "3.2"
+         version = "3.1"
          xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
          xsi:schemaLocation = "http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/ejb-jar_3_1.xsd">
     <enterprise-beans>
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/timers.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/timers.rst
index 3495c49c98e..0408c74ccd0 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/timers.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/timers.rst
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ This job is automatically scheduled to run once a week at 12:30AM local time on
 
 * Create or edit dataverse/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/ejb-jar.xml, following the :download:`sample file <../_static/admin/ejb-jar.xml>` provided.
 
-* Edit the parameters in the <schedule> section ejb-jar file in the WEB-INF directory to suit your preferred schedule
+* Edit the parameters in the <schedule> section of the ejb-jar file in the WEB-INF directory to suit your preferred schedule
 
   * The provided parameters in the sample file are <minute>, <hour>, and <dayOfWeek>; additional parameters are available
 
@@ -67,6 +67,29 @@ This job is automatically scheduled to run once a week at 12:30AM local time on
 
 * Build and deploy the application
 
+* Alternatively, you can insert an ejb-jar.xml file into a provided dataverse war file without building the application.
+
+  * Check if there is already an ejb-jar.xml file in the war file 
+
+    * jar tvf $DATAVERSE-WAR-FILENAME | grep ejb-jar.xml
+
+      * if the response includes " WEB-INF/ejb-jar.xml", you will need to extract the ejb-jar.xml file for editing
+
+        * jar xvf $DATAVERSE-WAR-FILENAME WEB-INF/ejb-jar.xml 
+
+          * edit the extracted WEB-INF/ejb-jar.xml, following the :download:`sample file <../_static/admin/ejb-jar.xml>` provided.
+
+        * if the response is empty, create a WEB-INF directory and create en ejb-jar.xml file in it, following the :download:`sample file <../_static/admin/ejb-jar.xml>` provided.
+
+          * edit the parameters in the <schedule> section of the WEB-INF/ejb-jar.xml to suit your preferred schedule
+
+  * Insert the edited WEB-INF/ejb-jar.xml into the dataverse war file
+
+    * jar uvf $DATAVERSE-WAR-FILENAME WEB-INF/ejb-jar.xml
+
+  * Deploy the war file
+
+
 See also :ref:`saved-search` in the API Guide.
 
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