diff --git a/examples/echo/README.md b/examples/echo/README.md
index b19176742292e3e8f0d0b75b0e654de5fa340c53..3ff876fe09c04098b750970a9a736f4b3835d659 100644
--- a/examples/echo/README.md
+++ b/examples/echo/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ From `go-libp2p` base folder:
 
 ```
 > make deps
-> go build ./examples/hosts
+> go build ./examples/echo
 ```
 
 ## Usage