diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-install.txt b/docs/simplesamlphp-install.txt
index 00815151ca21f5df0b262fc32305ed8c822c11a7..a3db54294240434e03d851748f235c7f0aa65a69 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-install.txt
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-install.txt
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ Configuration and metadata files are distributed as templates; you should make l
 Here are the steps you need to do to create local configuration files:
 
     cd /var/simplesamlphp
-    cp -r config-templates/*.php config/
-    cp -r metadata-templates/*.php metadata/
+    cp -r config-templates/ config/
+    cp -r metadata-templates/ metadata/