diff --git a/federation/README.adoc b/federation/README.adoc
index 2c197f844..53f9f5969 100644
--- a/federation/README.adoc
+++ b/federation/README.adoc
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 Add the appropriate .env files
 [source,bash]
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-$ cp .env federation/etc/{.env.orig,.env.dest}
+$ cp .env federation/etc/.env.orig
+$ cp .env federation/etc/.env.dest
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 Change the DB_DSN in each of the files