diff --git a/pages/common/xdg-user-dirs-update.md b/pages/common/xdg-user-dirs-update.md
index 9888d8241..801ca3a0e 100644
--- a/pages/common/xdg-user-dirs-update.md
+++ b/pages/common/xdg-user-dirs-update.md
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 - Change XDG's DESKTOP directory to the specified directory (must be absolute):
 
-`xdg-user-dirs-update --set DESKTOP "{{/path/to/directory}}"`
+`xdg-user-dirs-update --set DESKTOP "{{path/to/directory}}"`
 
 - Write the result to the specified dry-run-file instead of the `user-dirs.dirs` file:
 
-`xdg-user-dirs-update --dummy-output "{{/path/to/dry-run-file}}" --set {{xdg_user_directory}} "{{/path/to/directory}}"`
+`xdg-user-dirs-update --dummy-output "{{path/to/dry_run_file}}" --set {{xdg_user_directory}} "{{path/to/directory}}"`