diff --git a/doc/walkthrough.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough.mdwn
index 3e437e8f34..b486a4b1ff 100644
--- a/doc/walkthrough.mdwn
+++ b/doc/walkthrough.mdwn
@@ -275,11 +275,7 @@ files when they're added to the annex, and this can slow things down
 significantly for really big files. To make SHA1 the detault, just
 add something like this to `.gitattributes`:
 
-> annex.backends=SHA1
-
-or run:
-
-> $ git config annex.backends SHA1
+	* annex.backend=SHA1
 
 ## unused data