diff --git a/templates/shared/actions/runner_setup.tmpl b/templates/shared/actions/runner_setup.tmpl
index b18c995b3b..a24f63d536 100644
--- a/templates/shared/actions/runner_setup.tmpl
+++ b/templates/shared/actions/runner_setup.tmpl
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@
 </code></pre>
 		<p>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "actions.runners.runner_setup.instruction_replace_connection_name"}}</p>
 		<h5>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "actions.runners.runner_setup.heading_using_options"}}</h5>
-		<pre><code aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "actions.runners.runner_setup.program_options_snippet_aria"}}">forgejo-runner daemon \
+		<pre><code aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "actions.runners.runner_setup.program_options_snippet_aria"}}">$ echo -n &quot;{{.Runner.Token}}&quot; > /path/to/runner-token
+$ forgejo-runner daemon \
 	--url {{.AppURL}} \
 	--uuid {{.Runner.UUID}} \
-	--token {{.Runner.Token}}
+	--token-url file:///path/to/runner-token \
+	--label docker:docker://node:lts
 </code></pre>
 		<p>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "actions.runners.runner_setup.instruction_advanced_configurations"}}</p>
 	</div>
diff --git a/tests/e2e/runner-management.test.e2e.ts b/tests/e2e/runner-management.test.e2e.ts
index 8f4d5584be..cecde7a850 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/runner-management.test.e2e.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/runner-management.test.e2e.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ test.describe('Runners of user2', () => {
 
     await expect(page.getByRole('heading', {name: 'Using program options'})).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByLabel('How to invoke forgejo-runner')).toContainText(`--uuid ${runnerUUID}`);
-    await expect(page.getByLabel('How to invoke forgejo-runner')).toContainText(`--token ${runnerToken}`);
+    await expect(page.getByLabel('How to invoke forgejo-runner')).toContainText(`echo -n "${runnerToken}"`);
 
     // Go back to list of runners.
     await page.getByRole('link', {name: 'List of runners', exact: true}).click();
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ test.describe('Runners of user2', () => {
 
     await expect(page.getByRole('heading', {name: 'Using program options'})).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByLabel('How to invoke forgejo-runner')).toContainText(`--uuid ${runnerUUID}`);
-    await expect(page.getByLabel('How to invoke forgejo-runner')).toContainText(`--token ${runnerToken}`);
+    await expect(page.getByLabel('How to invoke forgejo-runner')).toContainText(`echo -n "${runnerToken}"`);
   });
 
   test('delete runner', async ({page}) => {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ test.describe('Global runners', () => {
 
     await expect(page.getByRole('heading', {name: 'Using program options'})).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByLabel('How to invoke forgejo-runner')).toContainText(`--uuid ${runnerUUID}`);
-    await expect(page.getByLabel('How to invoke forgejo-runner')).toContainText(`--token ${runnerToken}`);
+    await expect(page.getByLabel('How to invoke forgejo-runner')).toContainText(`echo -n "${runnerToken}"`);
 
     // Go back to list of runners.
     await page.getByRole('link', {name: 'List of runners', exact: true}).click();