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@@ -8,11 +8,18 @@ Faker requires PHP >= 5.3.
 
 ## Basic Usage
 
+Require the Faker autoloader to use Faker in a script
+```php
+<?php
+
+require_once '/path/to/src/autoload.php';
+```
+Or use your own autoloader (ex: Symfony2 ClassLoader) to autoload the Faker namespace.
+
 Use `Faker\Factory::create()` to create and initialize a faker generator, which can generate data by accessing properties named after the type of data you want.
 
 ```php
 <?php
-require_once '/path/to/src/Faker/Factory.php';
 $faker = Faker\Factory::create(); // $faker is a Faker\Generator instance
 
 echo $faker->name; 
@@ -223,7 +230,6 @@ You may want to get always the same generated data - for instance when using Fak
 
 ```php
 <?php
-require_once '/path/to/src/Faker/Factory.php';
 $faker = Faker\Factory::create();
 $faker->seed(1234);
 
@@ -255,7 +261,6 @@ The following script generates a valid XML document:
 
 ```php
 <?php
-require_once '/path/to/src/Faker/Factory.php';
 $generator = Faker\Factory::create();
 ?>
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>