diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-theming.md b/docs/simplesamlphp-theming.md
index 89ea7a572b9ebb1bde08b52876562898ca44913a..987ee0f8a072a1149ca2fa5cc3dee951455f9080 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-theming.md
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-theming.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The first thing you need to do is having a SimpleSAMLphp module to place your th
 Then within this module, you can create a new theme named `fancytheme`.
 
 	cd modules/mymodule
-	mkdir -p themes/fancytheme
+	mkdir -p themes/fancytheme/default/includes
 
 Now, configure SimpleSAMLphp to use your new theme in `config.php`: