diff --git a/actioncable/README.md b/actioncable/README.md
index 595830feb027525e73740f9c10380f90495d57f2..de67b507a7cea85c70ba837db01fddca3e61a7ac 100644
--- a/actioncable/README.md
+++ b/actioncable/README.md
@@ -412,12 +412,12 @@ The above will start a cable server on port 28080.
 
 ### In app
 
-If you are using a server that supports the [Rack socket hijacking API](http://www.rubydoc.info/github/rack/rack/file/SPEC#Hijacking), Action Cable can run alongside your Rails application. For example, to listen for WebSocket requests on `/cable`, mount the server at that path:
+If you are using a server that supports the [Rack socket hijacking API](http://www.rubydoc.info/github/rack/rack/file/SPEC#Hijacking), Action Cable can run alongside your Rails application. For example, to listen for WebSocket requests on `/websocket`, specify that path to `config.action_cable.mount_path`:
 
 ```ruby
-# config/routes.rb
-Example::Application.routes.draw do
-  mount ActionCable.server => '/cable'
+# config/application.rb
+class Application < Rails::Application
+  config.action_cable.mount_path = '/websocket'
 end
 ```
 
diff --git a/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md b/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md
index d1f17fdce5a42e5429fe69c4260a2b5ec9ca1c95..0c486bb96c096eeff44d9e113bfe9154e0cb84b9 100644
--- a/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md
+++ b/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md
@@ -549,12 +549,13 @@ You can change that in `config/database.yml` through the `pool` attribute.
 ### In App
 
 Action Cable can run alongside your Rails application. For example, to
-listen for WebSocket requests on `/websocket`, mount the server at that path:
+listen for WebSocket requests on `/websocket`, specify that path to
+`config.action_cable.mount_path`:
 
 ```ruby
-# config/routes.rb
-Example::Application.routes.draw do
-  mount ActionCable.server => '/cable'
+# config/application.rb
+class Application < Rails::Application
+  config.action_cable.mount_path = '/websocket'
 end
 ```