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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Building the documentation
 
 1. Get [hotdoc](https://hotdoc.github.io/installing.html) (0.8.9 required)
-1. Run hotdoc:
+1. Run hotdoc in the docs/ directory:
 
     hotdoc run