diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ git submodule update --init --recursive
 
 Create a symlink named `.git/hooks/pre-push` with `tlwiki` as its target:
 ```
-ln -s .git/hooks/pre-push ../../tlwiki
+ln -s ../../tlwiki .git/hooks/pre-push
 ```
 
 `tlwiki` will help manage this symlink in the future (See: [#1](https://git.thurstylark.com/thurstylark/tlwiki/issues/1))