diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt
index 49d134c25c04..4170e714f044 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ this case.  There are probably much better ways of doing this.
 That said, here are the commands:
 
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+cd tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture
 zcat /initrd.img > /tmp/initrd.img.zcat
 mkdir initrd
 cd initrd