diff --git a/test/README.external b/test/README.external
index 68d84813bba5cdcd15818443338e00574f6de1a9..3cd0541408af70a48273755877ad1b158945d53e 100644
--- a/test/README.external
+++ b/test/README.external
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ platforms.
 In order to run the BoringSSL tests with OpenSSL, first checkout the BoringSSL
 source code into an appropriate directory:
 
-$ git clone boringssl https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl
+$ git clone https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl boringssl
 
 The BoringSSL tests are only confirmed to work at a specific commit in the
 BoringSSL repository. Later commits may or may not pass the test suite: