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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ spring-petclinic has been deployed here on cloudfoundry: http://spring-petclinic
 ## Running petclinic locally
 ```
 	git clone https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-petclinic.git
-	mvn tomcat7:run
+	mvn tomcat7:run or gradle tomcatRun
 ```
 
 You can then access petclinic here: http://localhost:9966/petclinic/