diff --git a/docs/site/getting-started/configure.md b/docs/site/getting-started/configure.md
index 88ee6a799..76d716775 100644
--- a/docs/site/getting-started/configure.md
+++ b/docs/site/getting-started/configure.md
@@ -205,5 +205,5 @@ git mv ./machines/jon ./machines/newname
 If you only want to setup a single machine at this point, you can delete `sara` from `flake.nix` as well as from the machines directory:
 
 ```
-git rm ./machines/sara
+git rm -r ./machines/sara
 ```