diff --git a/docs/guide/getting-started.md b/docs/guide/getting-started.md
index 3021f6a69f..7430c5026d 100644
--- a/docs/guide/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/guide/getting-started.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ If you just want to play around with VuePress, you can install it globally:
 npm install -g vuepress
 
 # create a markdown file
-echo "# Hello VuePress!" > index.md
+echo "# Hello VuePress!" > README.md
 
 # start writing
 vuepress dev .