diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ If you have vim aliased as `vi` instead of `vim`, make sure to either alias it:
 
 ## How to update to latest version?
 
+    cd ~/.vim_runtime
     git pull
     python3 update_plugins.py || python update_plugins.py  # use python if python3 is unavailable