diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-subversion.txt b/docs/simplesamlphp-subversion.txt
index 22690a921004272eae5a98d065eec98bdb63a0bc..395e814da1ede9c57195ae5272d2cb10dca9cf30 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-subversion.txt
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-subversion.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ Then do a subversion checkout:
 Initialize configuration and metadata:
 
     cd /var/simplesamlphp
-    cp -r config-templates/ config/
-    cp -r metadata-templates/ metadata/
+    cp -r config-templates/* config/
+    cp -r metadata-templates/* metadata/
 
 
 Upgrading