diff --git a/reference/win32service/examples.xml b/reference/win32service/examples.xml
index f6eb07f291..76881ece46 100644
--- a/reference/win32service/examples.xml
+++ b/reference/win32service/examples.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ win32_create_service(array(
     'service'     => 'dummyphp',                                           # the name of your service
     'display'     => 'sample dummy PHP service',                           # short description
     'description' => 'This is a dummy Windows service created using PHP.', # long description
-    'params'      => __FILE__ . ' run',                                    # path to the script and parameters
+    'params'      => '"' . __FILE__ . '"  run',                            # path to the script and parameters
 ));
 ?>
 ]]>
diff --git a/reference/win32service/functions/win32-create-service.xml b/reference/win32service/functions/win32-create-service.xml
index 2b64a86d62..efa2dcb23b 100644
--- a/reference/win32service/functions/win32-create-service.xml
+++ b/reference/win32service/functions/win32-create-service.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ $x = win32_create_service(array(
     'service'     => 'dummyphp',                                           # the name of your service
     'display'     => 'sample dummy PHP service',                           # short description
     'description' => 'This is a dummy Windows service created using PHP.', # long description
-    'params'      => __FILE__ . ' run',                                    # path to the script and parameters
+    'params'      => '"' . __FILE__ . '"  run',                            # path to the script and parameters
 ));
 debug_zval_dump($x);
 ?>