diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ To create a new PR, fork the project in GitHub and clone the upstream repo:
 
 ```console
 $ git clone https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git
+$ cd opentelemetry-python
 ```
 
 Add your fork as an origin: