diff --git a/examples/upstart/manage-many/sidekiq.conf b/examples/upstart/manage-many/sidekiq.conf
index 8c3aa5212..2fab06f07 100644
--- a/examples/upstart/manage-many/sidekiq.conf
+++ b/examples/upstart/manage-many/sidekiq.conf
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ description "Sidekiq Background Worker"
 stop on (stopping sidekiq-manager or runlevel [06])
 
 # change apps to match your deployment user if you want to use this as a less privileged user (recommended!)
-# setuid apps
-# setgid apps
+# setuid deploy
+# setgid deploy
+# env HOME=/home/apps
 
 respawn
 respawn limit 3 30
@@ -35,12 +36,7 @@ instance ${app}-${index}
 script
 # this script runs in /bin/sh by default
 # respawn as bash so we can source in rbenv
-exec /bin/bash <<EOT
-  # uncomment to use syslog for logging
-  # exec &> /dev/kmsg
-
-  export HOME=/home/apps
-
+exec /bin/bash <<'EOT'
   # Pick your poison :) Or none if you're using a system wide installed Ruby.
   # rbenv
   # source /home/apps/.bash_profile
@@ -54,6 +50,8 @@ exec /bin/bash <<EOT
 
   logger -t sidekiq "Starting process: $app-$index"
 
+  # Logs out to /var/log/upstart/sidekiq.log by default
+
   cd $app
   exec bundle exec sidekiq -i ${index} -e production -P tmp/pids/${app}-${index}.pid
 EOT
@@ -62,12 +60,7 @@ end script
 pre-stop script
 # this script runs in /bin/sh by default
 # respawn as bash so we can source in rbenv
-exec /bin/bash <<EOT
-  # uncomment to use syslog for logging
-  # exec &> /dev/kmsg
-
-  export HOME=/home/apps
-
+exec /bin/bash <<'EOT'
   # Pick your poison :) Or none if you're using a system wide installed Ruby.
   # rbenv
   # source /home/apps/.bash_profile
@@ -81,7 +74,9 @@ exec /bin/bash <<EOT
 
   logger -t sidekiq "Stopping process: $app-$index"
 
+  # Logs out to /var/log/upstart/sidekiq.log by default
+
   cd $app
-  exec bundle exec sidekiqctl stop tmp/pids/${app}-${index}.pid
+  exec bundle exec sidekiqctl stop tmp/pids/${app}-${index}.pid 2> /dev/null
 EOT
 end script
diff --git a/examples/upstart/manage-one/sidekiq.conf b/examples/upstart/manage-one/sidekiq.conf
index 05e370edb..10ef47d94 100644
--- a/examples/upstart/manage-one/sidekiq.conf
+++ b/examples/upstart/manage-one/sidekiq.conf
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@ description "Sidekiq Background Worker"
 stop on (stopping workers or runlevel [06])
 
 # change to match your deployment user
-setuid deploy
-setgid deploy
-env HOME=/home/deploy
+# setuid deploy
+# setgid deploy
+# env HOME=/home/deploy
 
 respawn
 respawn limit 3 30
 
-# TERM is sent by sidekiqctl when stopping sidekiq.  Without declaring these as normal exit codes, it just respawns.
+# TERM is sent by sidekiqctl when stopping sidekiq. Without declaring these as
+# normal exit codes, it just respawns.
 normal exit 0 TERM
 
 instance $index
@@ -37,18 +38,20 @@ script
 # this script runs in /bin/sh by default
 # respawn as bash so we can source in rbenv
 exec /bin/bash <<'EOT'
-  # use syslog for logging
-  exec &> /dev/kmsg
-
-  # pull in system rbenv
-  source /etc/profile.d/rbenv.sh
-  # or 
-  # pull in user installed rbenv
-  # export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
-  # eval "$(rbenv init -)"
-  # export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:$PATH"
-
-  cd /opt/theclymb/current
+  # Pick your poison :) Or none if you're using a system wide installed Ruby.
+  # rbenv
+  # source /home/apps/.bash_profile
+  # OR
+  # source /home/apps/.profile
+  # OR system:
+  # source /etc/profile.d/rbenv.sh
+  #
+  # rvm
+  # source /home/apps/.rvm/scripts/rvm
+
+  # Logs out to /var/log/upstart/sidekiq.log by default
+
+  cd /var/www/app
   exec bin/sidekiq -i ${index} -e production
 EOT
 end script