diff --git a/examples/triggers/README.txt b/examples/triggers/README.txt
index 974d29cf96..73461446ff 100644
--- a/examples/triggers/README.txt
+++ b/examples/triggers/README.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ Copy conf/* to <cassandra_home>/conf/
 Create column family configured in InvertedIndex.properties 
     Example: Keyspace1.InvertedIndex as configured in InvertedIndex.properties
 Configure trigger on the table.
-    Example: CREATE TRIGGER test1 ON "Keyspace1"."Standard1" 
-                    EXECUTE ('org.apache.cassandra.triggers.InvertedIndex');
+    Example: CREATE TRIGGER test1 ON "Keyspace1"."Standard1"
+                 USING 'org.apache.cassandra.triggers.InvertedIndex';
 Start inserting data to the column family which has the triggers. 
diff --git a/examples/triggers/src/org/apache/cassandra/triggers/InvertedIndex.java b/examples/triggers/src/org/apache/cassandra/triggers/InvertedIndex.java
index 055e70e91b..a7a141bf57 100644
--- a/examples/triggers/src/org/apache/cassandra/triggers/InvertedIndex.java
+++ b/examples/triggers/src/org/apache/cassandra/triggers/InvertedIndex.java
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamily;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.RowMutation;
 import org.apache.cassandra.io.util.FileUtils;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class InvertedIndex implements ITrigger {
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(InvertedIndex.class);
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/Cql.g b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/Cql.g
index 0d55854728..46ab8ec323 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/Cql.g
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/Cql.g
@@ -502,19 +502,19 @@ createIndexStatement returns [CreateIndexStatement expr]
     ;
 
 /**
- * CREATE TRIGGER [triggerName] ON columnFamily (columnName) EXECUTE (class, class);
+ * CREATE TRIGGER triggerName ON columnFamily USING 'triggerClass';
  */
 createTriggerStatement returns [CreateTriggerStatement expr]
-    : K_CREATE K_TRIGGER (tn=IDENT) K_ON cf=columnFamilyName K_USING tc1=STRING_LITERAL
-      { $expr = new CreateTriggerStatement(cf, $tn.text, $tc1.text); }
+    : K_CREATE K_TRIGGER (name=IDENT) K_ON cf=columnFamilyName K_USING cls=STRING_LITERAL
+      { $expr = new CreateTriggerStatement(cf, $name.text, $cls.text); }
     ;
 
 /**
- * DROP TRIGGER [triggerName] ON columnFamily (columnName);
+ * DROP TRIGGER triggerName ON columnFamily;
  */
 dropTriggerStatement returns [DropTriggerStatement expr]
-    : K_DROP K_TRIGGER (tn=IDENT) K_ON cf=columnFamilyName
-      { $expr = new DropTriggerStatement(cf, $tn.text); }
+    : K_DROP K_TRIGGER (name=IDENT) K_ON cf=columnFamilyName
+      { $expr = new DropTriggerStatement(cf, $name.text); }
     ;
 
 /**