diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index b9a6c4cfc..3628fd203 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $smarty = new Smarty();
 // or ...
 
 // Instantiated directly
-require("/path/to/smarty/src/Smarty.class.php");
+require("/path/to/smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php");
 use Smarty\Smarty;
 $smarty = new Smarty();
 ```
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index aa5ecf201..c5d9caa16 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 // backwards compatible with previous versions of Smarty.          //
 //                                                                 //
 // Example:                                                        //
-// require_once("/path/to/smarty/src/Smarty.class.php");           //
+// require_once("/path/to/smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php");          //
 //                                                                 //
 // $smarty = new Smarty\Smarty;                                    //
 // $smarty->testInstall();                                         //
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-define('__SMARTY_DIR', __DIR__ . '/');
+define('__SMARTY_DIR', __DIR__ . '/../src/');
 
 // Global function declarations
 require_once(__SMARTY_DIR . "/functions.php");