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@@ -74,16 +74,35 @@ Here's a sample *conn.scm*.
 
 ## Transform the database
 
-Then, to transform the database to into ttl files,  \~/data/dump, run inside the shell:
+Example: Transform the phenotype from SQL to Terse RDF Triple Language (TTL)
 
 ```sh
-./pre-inst-env ./examples/dump-species-metadata.scm ../conn.scm ~/tmp
+guile -s examples/phenotype.scm \
+      --settings=conn.scm \
+      --output=tmp/phenotype.ttl \
+      --documentation=tmp/phenotype.ttl.md
 ```
 
-``` shell
-$ guix shell -m manifest.scm -- ./pre-inst-env ./examples/dump-dataset-metadata.scm ../conn.scm ~/tmp
+the `-s` option to *guile* runs the `examples/phenotype.scm` file as a script. Everything else on the command line is passed onto the script as command-line arguments.
+
+This should create the files:
+- `tmp/phenotype.ttl`: will contain the data in the database in TTL format
+- `tmp/phenotype.ttl.md`: will contain a short documentation on the data in the file above.
+
+**Note to Devs**: The current `pre-inst-env` script will not work within containers since it assumes the existence of `/usr/bin/env`. We need to fix that if we intend to keep using that.
+
+
+There is a shorter form of the command above:
+
+```sh
+guile -s examples/phenotype.scm \
+      -s conn.scm \
+      -o tmp/phenotype.ttl \
+      -d tmp/phenotype.ttl.md
 ```
 
+which does the same thing, but has the potential to be confusing due to the two `-s` options: the first `-s` option is to guile while the second is to the script itself.
+
 ## Validate and load dump
 
 Then, validate the dumped RDF using `rapper` and load it into