diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/adding_a_remote.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/adding_a_remote.mdwn
index be8e8e7fe5..97690dfcdf 100644
--- a/doc/walkthrough/adding_a_remote.mdwn
+++ b/doc/walkthrough/adding_a_remote.mdwn
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Let's start by adding a USB drive as a remote.
 	# git annex init "portable USB drive"
 	# git remote add laptop ~/annex
 	# cd ~/annex
-	# git remote add usbdrive /media/usb
+	# git remote add usbdrive /media/usb/annex
 
 This is all standard ad-hoc distributed git repository setup.
 The only git-annex specific part is telling it the name