diff --git a/HACKERS_README b/HACKERS_README
index 04a09d53..7f42b3fa 100755
--- a/HACKERS_README
+++ b/HACKERS_README
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Do not believe anything written in cdist, besides what's written in this file
 This file is suitable for execution and saving the objects and
 explorers from cdist. I usually do it like this:
 
-   % rm -rf /tmp/localhost && ./HACKERS_README
+   % ./HACKERS_README
 
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 eof