diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 94cd3b4..a5b3435 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ rm -rf /tmp/melamine_hardlinks && mkdir -p /tmp/melamine_hardlinks;
 for i in $(seq 1 4); do dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/melamine/test_$i bs=1 count=$(( RANDOM % 256 * 256 )); done;
 ln /tmp/melamine/test_1 /tmp/melamine_hardlinks/hardlink_1;
 ln /tmp/melamine/test_2 /tmp/melamine_hardlinks/hardlink_2;
-melamine --recursive /tmp/melamine
 ```
 
 You can then confirm that the two hardlink inodes match using `ls -li`.
@@ -80,6 +79,12 @@ ls -li /tmp/melamine/test_*;
 ls -li /tmp/melamine_hardlinks/hardlink_*;
 ```
 
+Then, run melamine with:
+
+```bash
+melamine --recursive /tmp/melamine
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 If you would like to contribute to this project, feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue on GitHub.