diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8688ba3..190edf2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ config](https://gokrazy.org/userguide/package-config/) for the
 ```
 mkdir -p extrafiles/github.com/gokrazy/breakglass/etc/
 cat ~/.ssh/id_*.pub \
-  extrafiles/github.com/gokrazy/breakglass/etc/breakglass.authorized_keys
+  > extrafiles/github.com/gokrazy/breakglass/etc/breakglass.authorized_keys
 
 mkdir -p flags/github.com/gokrazy/breakglass/
 echo '-authorized_keys=/etc/breakglass.authorized_keys' \