diff --git a/docs/recipes/git-init.rst b/docs/recipes/git-init.rst
index 75211a99a..9af6af0a8 100644
--- a/docs/recipes/git-init.rst
+++ b/docs/recipes/git-init.rst
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ Create bare repository
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $> git init --bare relative/path
+    $ git init --bare path/to/git
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    >>> pygit2.init_repository('relative/path', True)
+    >>> pygit2.init_repository('path/to/git', True)
     <pygit2.repository.Repository object at 0x10f08b680>
 
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@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ Create standard repository
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $> git init relative/path
+    $ git init path/to/git
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    >>> pygit2.init_repository('relative/path', False)
+    >>> pygit2.init_repository('path/to/git', False)
     <pygit2.repository.Repository object at 0x10f08b680>
 
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 References
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-- git-init_.
+- git-init_
 
 .. _git-init: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-init.html