diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 40fcc2ab06..c5dd59ed80 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ example of cloning and preparing the correct environment `GOPATH`:
     cd docker-machine
     export GOPATH="$PWD"
     go get github.com/docker/machine
-    cd docker-machine/src/github.com/docker/machine
+    cd src/github.com/docker/machine
 ```
 
 At this point, simply run: