diff --git a/demo/rank/README b/demo/rank/README
index 499b01d51..357e96932 100644
--- a/demo/rank/README
+++ b/demo/rank/README
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 Instructions:
-The dataset for ranking demo is from LETOR04 MQ2008 fold1,
-http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/beijing/projects/letor/letor4download.aspx
+The dataset for ranking demo is from LETOR04 MQ2008 fold1, 
+You can use the following command to run the example
+
+
+Get the data: ./wgetdata.sh
+Run the example: ./runexp.sh
+
+
+
+
+
 
diff --git a/demo/rank/mq2008.conf b/demo/rank/mq2008.conf
index 1ec289ba1..0d26580c2 100644
--- a/demo/rank/mq2008.conf
+++ b/demo/rank/mq2008.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # choose the tree booster, 0: tree, 1: linear
 booster_type = 0 
 
+# so far, we have pairwise rank
 objective="rank:pairwise"
 
 # Tree Booster Parameters
diff --git a/demo/rank/runexp.sh b/demo/rank/runexp.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 201c287e9..edfb91110
--- a/demo/rank/runexp.sh
+++ b/demo/rank/runexp.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 python trans_data.py train.txt mq2008.train mq2008.train.group
-
 python trans_data.py test.txt mq2008.test mq2008.test.group
-
 python trans_data.py vali.txt mq2008.vali mq2008.vali.group
 
 ../../xgboost mq2008.conf
diff --git a/demo/rank/wgetdata.sh b/demo/rank/wgetdata.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..16f7a2e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/rank/wgetdata.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+wget http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/beijing/projects/letor/LETOR4.0/Data/MQ2008.rar
+unrar x MQ2008.rar
+mv -f MQ2008/Fold1/*.txt .