diff --git a/book/doctrine.rst b/book/doctrine.rst
index 61e59530345..85dafa5c3b3 100644
--- a/book/doctrine.rst
+++ b/book/doctrine.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ persist it to the database and fetch it back out.
     
     .. code-block:: bash
     
-        ./app/console generate:bundle --namespace=Acme/StoreBundle
+        php app/console generate:bundle --namespace=Acme/StoreBundle
 
 Configuring the Database
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/book/forms.rst b/book/forms.rst
index 0ba4ea48acd..2ed0e8bcb99 100644
--- a/book/forms.rst
+++ b/book/forms.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ going to need to build a form. But before you begin, let's focus on the generic
 
    .. code-block:: bash
 
-        ./app/console generate:bundle --namespace=Acme/StoreBundle
+        php app/console generate:bundle --namespace=Acme/StoreBundle
 
 This type of class is commonly called a "plain-old-PHP-object" because, so far,
 it has nothing to do with Symfony or any other library. It's quite simply a
diff --git a/book/page_creation.rst b/book/page_creation.rst
index 38b70cbd004..0146a8fd49e 100644
--- a/book/page_creation.rst
+++ b/book/page_creation.rst
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ build in this chapter), run the following command and follow the on-screen
 instructions (use all of the default options):
 
 .. code-block:: bash
-    
-    ./app/console generate:bundle --namespace=Acme/HelloBundle --format=yml
+
+    php app/console generate:bundle --namespace=Acme/HelloBundle --format=yml
 
 Behind the scenes, a directory is created for the bundle at ``src/Acme/HelloBundle``.
 A line is also automatically added to the ``app/AppKernel.php`` file so that
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ generating a basic bundle skeleton:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    ./app/console generate:bundle --namespace=Acme/TestBundle
+    php app/console generate:bundle --namespace=Acme/TestBundle
 
 The bundle skeleton generates with a basic controller, template and routing
 resource that can be customized. You'll learn more about Symfony2's command-line
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ routing and Twig templates are compiled into flat PHP classes and cached.
 When viewing changes in the ``prod`` environment, you'll need to clear these
 cached files and allow them to rebuild::
 
-    ./app/console cache:clear --env=prod
+    php app/console cache:clear --env=prod
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/book/routing.rst b/book/routing.rst
index f12d76bddc4..8df4fd8aeb1 100644
--- a/book/routing.rst
+++ b/book/routing.rst
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ the command by running the following from the root of your project.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console router:debug
+    php app/console router:debug
 
 The command will print a helpful list of *all* the configured routes in
 your application:
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ the route name after the command:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console router:debug article_show
+    php app/console router:debug article_show
 
 .. index::
    single: Routing; Generating URLs
diff --git a/book/translation.rst b/book/translation.rst
index c7709595034..067b4a209ab 100644
--- a/book/translation.rst
+++ b/book/translation.rst
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ filesystem and discovered by Symfony, thanks to some conventions.
     
     .. code-block:: bash
     
-        $ php app/console cache:clear
+        php app/console cache:clear
 
 .. index::
    single: Translations; Translation resource locations
diff --git a/cookbook/console.rst b/cookbook/console.rst
index b99d5427b36..332b17794f6 100755
--- a/cookbook/console.rst
+++ b/cookbook/console.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Test the new console command by running the following
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console demo:greet Fabien
+    app/console demo:greet Fabien
 
 This will print the following to the command line:
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ You can also use the ``--yell`` option to make everything uppercase:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console demo:greet Fabien --yell
+    app/console demo:greet Fabien --yell
 
 This prints::
 
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ The command can now be used in either of the following ways:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console demo:greet Fabien
-    $ php app/console demo:greet Fabien Potencier
+    app/console demo:greet Fabien
+    app/console demo:greet Fabien Potencier
 
 Using Command Options
 ---------------------
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ flag:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console demo:greet Fabien
+    app/console demo:greet Fabien
 
-    $ php app/console demo:greet Fabien --iterations=5
+    app/console demo:greet Fabien --iterations=5
 
 The first example will only print once, since ``iterations`` is empty and
 defaults to ``1`` (the last argument of ``addOption``). The second example
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ will work:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console demo:greet Fabien --iterations=5 --yell
-    $ php app/console demo:greet Fabien --yell --iterations=5
+    app/console demo:greet Fabien --iterations=5 --yell
+    app/console demo:greet Fabien --yell --iterations=5
 
 Testing Commands
 ----------------
diff --git a/cookbook/doctrine/doctrine_fixtures.rst b/cookbook/doctrine/doctrine_fixtures.rst
index a1b4a7f175f..9b11360cb05 100644
--- a/cookbook/doctrine/doctrine_fixtures.rst
+++ b/cookbook/doctrine/doctrine_fixtures.rst
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ line by using the ``doctrine:fixtures:load`` command:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load
+    php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load
 
 If you're using the ODM, use the ``doctrine:mongodb:fixtures:load`` command instead:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console doctrine:mongodb:fixtures:load
+    php app/console doctrine:mongodb:fixtures:load
 
 The task will look inside the ``DataFixtures/ORM`` (or ``DataFixtures/ODM``
 for the ODM) directory of each bundle and execute each class that implements
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ A full example use might look like this:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   $ php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load --fixtures=/path/to/fixture1 --fixtures=/path/to/fixture2 --append --em=foo_manager
+   php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load --fixtures=/path/to/fixture1 --fixtures=/path/to/fixture2 --append --em=foo_manager
 
 Sharing Objects between Fixtures
 --------------------------------
diff --git a/cookbook/doctrine/migrations.rst b/cookbook/doctrine/migrations.rst
index ba06a32dc29..2b8a70d240c 100644
--- a/cookbook/doctrine/migrations.rst
+++ b/cookbook/doctrine/migrations.rst
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ the ``status`` command:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console doctrine:migrations:status
+    php app/console doctrine:migrations:status
 
      == Configuration
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ for you.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console doctrine:migrations:generate
+    php app/console doctrine:migrations:generate
     Generated new migration class to "/path/to/project/app/DoctrineMigrations/Version20100621140655.php"
 
 Have a look at the newly generated migration class and you will see something
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ migration to execute:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console doctrine:migrations:status
+    php app/console doctrine:migrations:status
 
      == Configuration
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ finally migrate when you're ready:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
+    php app/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
 
 For more information on how to write the migrations themselves (i.e. how to
 fill in the ``up()`` and ``down()`` methods), see the official Doctrine Migrations
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ running the following command:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console doctrine:migrations:diff
+    php app/console doctrine:migrations:diff
 
 You should see a message that a new migration class was generated based on
 the schema differences. If you open this file, you'll find that it has the
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ to add the table to your database:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
+    php app/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
 
 The moral of the story is this: after each change you make to your Doctrine
 mapping information, run the ``doctrine:migrations:diff`` command to automatically
diff --git a/cookbook/doctrine/mongodb.rst b/cookbook/doctrine/mongodb.rst
index bd076eec184..67f32726509 100644
--- a/cookbook/doctrine/mongodb.rst
+++ b/cookbook/doctrine/mongodb.rst
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ documents to and from MongoDB.
 
     .. code-block:: bash
 
-        ./app/console generate:bundle --namespace=Acme/StoreBundle
+        php app/console generate:bundle --namespace=Acme/StoreBundle
 
 Creating a Document Class
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/cookbook/doctrine/reverse_engineering.rst b/cookbook/doctrine/reverse_engineering.rst
index 62410a69c7b..0bba7abeb9e 100644
--- a/cookbook/doctrine/reverse_engineering.rst
+++ b/cookbook/doctrine/reverse_engineering.rst
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ schema and build related entity classes by executing the following two commands.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ php app/console doctrine:mapping:import AcmeBlogBundle annotation
-    $ php app/console doctrine:generate:entities AcmeBlogBundle
+    php app/console doctrine:mapping:import AcmeBlogBundle annotation
+    php app/console doctrine:generate:entities AcmeBlogBundle
 
 The first command generates entity classes with an annotations mapping, but
 you can of course change the ``annotation`` argument to ``xml`` or ``yml``.
diff --git a/cookbook/symfony1.rst b/cookbook/symfony1.rst
index 45d075168f3..5d41342de89 100644
--- a/cookbook/symfony1.rst
+++ b/cookbook/symfony1.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ directory. This allows you to keep assets organized inside your bundle, but
 still make them available to the public. To make sure that all bundles are
 available, run the following command::
 
-    ./app/console_dev assets:install web --symlink
+    php app/console assets:install web
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/quick_tour/the_architecture.rst b/quick_tour/the_architecture.rst
index 12b9eb1a463..69e8a4c67fc 100644
--- a/quick_tour/the_architecture.rst
+++ b/quick_tour/the_architecture.rst
@@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ Run it without any arguments to learn more about its capabilities:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ ./app/console
+    php app/console
 
 The ``--help`` option helps you discover the usage of a command:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ ./app/console router:debug --help
+    php app/console router:debug --help
 
 Final Thoughts
 --------------