diff --git a/doc/bare_repositories.mdwn b/doc/bare_repositories.mdwn
index bf56d81446..f40277d61d 100644
--- a/doc/bare_repositories.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bare_repositories.mdwn
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Here is a quick example of how to set this up, using `origin` as the remote name
 On the server:
 
     mkdir bare-annex
+    cd bare-annex
     git init --bare
     git annex init origin