diff --git a/image_to_vm.sh b/image_to_vm.sh
index 44795b6b81..fd611be86b 100755
--- a/image_to_vm.sh
+++ b/image_to_vm.sh
@@ -241,7 +241,9 @@ fi
 
 if [ "${FLAGS_format}" == "qemu" ]; then
   echo "If you have qemu-kvm installed, you can start the image by:"
-  echo "sudo kvm -m ${FLAGS_mem} -vga cirrus -pidfile /tmp/kvm.pid" \
-       "-net nic,model=virtio -net user,hostfwd=tcp::8080-:8080,hostfwd=::8000-:8000 \\"
-  echo "-hda ${FLAGS_to}/${DEFAULT_QEMU_IMAGE}"
+  echo "qemu-kvm -m ${FLAGS_mem} -curses -pidfile /tmp/kvm.pid -net nic,model=virtio \\"
+  echo "  -net user,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22,hostfwd=tcp::8080-:8080,hostfwd=::8000-:8000 \\"
+  echo "  -hda ${FLAGS_to}/${DEFAULT_QEMU_IMAGE}"
+  echo "SSH into the host with:"
+  echo "ssh 127.0.0.1 -p 2222"
 fi