diff --git a/example/README.md b/example/README.md
index 0ed64937..1f70371b 100644
--- a/example/README.md
+++ b/example/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Paige example site
 
-If you move the directory example out of its parent directory,
-you must remove this line from the file example/go.mod:
+If you move this directory out of its parent directory,
+you must remove this line from the file go.mod:
 
 ```
 replace github.com/willfaught/paige => ../