diff --git a/doc/htdocs/configure.html b/doc/htdocs/configure.html
index d0f57dcc..498220eb 100644
--- a/doc/htdocs/configure.html
+++ b/doc/htdocs/configure.html
@@ -185,10 +185,13 @@ when you might want to choose one of the other worker classes.</p>
 <li><tt class="docutils literal">gevent</tt>   - Requires gevent &gt;= 0.12.2 (?)</li>
 <li><tt class="docutils literal">tornado</tt>  - Requires tornado &gt;= 0.2</li>
 </ul>
-<p>Optionally, you can provide your own worker by giving gunicorn a
-MODULE:CLASS pair where CLASS is a subclass of
-gunicorn.workers.base.Worker. This alternative syntax will load the
-gevent class: <tt class="docutils literal">egg:gunicorn#gevent</tt></p>
+<p>
+Optionally, you can provide your own worker by giving gunicorn a python path
+to a subclass of gunicorn.workers.base.Worker. This alternative syntax will
+load the gevent class:
+<tt class="docutils literal">gunicorn.workers.ggevent.GeventWorker</tt>.
+Alternatively the syntax can also load the gevent class with
+<tt class="docutils literal">egg:gunicorn#gevent</tt></p>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="worker-connections">
 <h4><a class="toc-backref" href="#contents">worker_connections</a></h4>
@@ -581,4 +584,4 @@ the just-exited Worker.</p>
       </div>
     </div>
   </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/examples/example_config.py b/examples/example_config.py
index 86af76de..a0009004 100644
--- a/examples/example_config.py
+++ b/examples/example_config.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ backlog = 2048
 #       of the other worker classes.
 #
 #       An string referring to a 'gunicorn.workers' entry point
-#       or a MODULE:CLASS pair where CLASS is a subclass of
+#       or a python path to a subclass of
 #       gunicorn.workers.base.Worker. The default provided values
 #       are:
 #
diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index 268d8149..d1f4a73e 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -318,9 +318,10 @@ class WorkerClass(Setting):
         * ``tornado``  - Requires tornado >= 0.2
         
         Optionally, you can provide your own worker by giving gunicorn a
-        MODULE:CLASS pair where CLASS is a subclass of
-        gunicorn.workers.base.Worker. This alternative syntax will load the
-        gevent class: ``egg:gunicorn#gevent``
+        python path to a subclass of gunicorn.workers.base.Worker. This
+        alternative syntax will load the gevent class:
+        ``gunicorn.workers.ggevent.GeventWorker``. Alternatively the syntax
+        can also load the gevent class with ``egg:gunicorn#gevent``
         """
 
 class WorkerConnections(Setting):