diff --git a/migration/migrate_oracle.sh b/migration/migrate_oracle.sh
index 7759af40c3..e2501407df 100644
--- a/migration/migrate_oracle.sh
+++ b/migration/migrate_oracle.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # mode (the default mode -- this strips out all the "commit" statements)
 # and a commit mode for deployment. You need to pipe the output of this
 # script into sqlplus, for example:
-# ./migrate_oracle.sh 313-314/ commit | sqlplus adempiere/adempiere
+# export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8 ; ./migrate_oracle.sh 313-314/ commit | sqlplus adempiere/adempiere
 
 # Contributed by Chris Farley - northernbrewer