diff --git a/docs/api/app.md b/docs/api/app.md
index 2a137c2983..d465922ce8 100755
--- a/docs/api/app.md
+++ b/docs/api/app.md
@@ -1302,23 +1302,24 @@ Returns `Object`:
 Set the app's login item settings.
 
 To work with Electron's `autoUpdater` on Windows, which uses [Squirrel][Squirrel-Windows],
-you'll want to set the launch path to Update.exe, and pass arguments that specify your
-application name. For example:
+you'll want to set the launch path to your executable's name but a directory up, which is
+a stub application automatically generated by Squirrel which will automatically launch the
+latest version.
 
 ``` js
 const { app } = require('electron')
 const path = require('node:path')
 
 const appFolder = path.dirname(process.execPath)
-const updateExe = path.resolve(appFolder, '..', 'Update.exe')
-const exeName = path.basename(process.execPath)
+const ourExeName = path.basename(process.execPath)
+const stubLauncher = path.resolve(appFolder, '..', ourExeName)
 
 app.setLoginItemSettings({
   openAtLogin: true,
-  path: updateExe,
+  path: stubLauncher,
   args: [
-    '--processStart', `"${exeName}"`,
-    '--process-start-args', '"--hidden"'
+    // You might want to pass a parameter here indicating that this
+    // app was launched via login, but you don't have to
   ]
 })
 ```