diff --git a/doc/faqs/should-i-commit-the-dependencies-in-my-vendor-directory.md b/doc/faqs/should-i-commit-the-dependencies-in-my-vendor-directory.md
index 8e50f7264..ed128c88a 100644
--- a/doc/faqs/should-i-commit-the-dependencies-in-my-vendor-directory.md
+++ b/doc/faqs/should-i-commit-the-dependencies-in-my-vendor-directory.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ If you really feel like you must do this, you have a few options:
 2. Use --prefer-dist or set `preferred-install` to `dist` in your
    [config](../04-schema.md#config).
 3. Remove the `.git` directory of every dependency after the installation, then
-   you can add them to your git repo. You can do that with `rm -rf vendor/**/.git`
+   you can add them to your git repo. You can do that with `rm -rf vendor/*/*/.git`
    but this means you will have to delete those dependencies from disk before
    running composer update.
 4. Add a .gitignore rule (`vendor/.git`) to ignore all the vendor `.git` folders.