diff --git a/docs/configuring-playbook.md b/docs/configuring-playbook.md
index 1d6227856..413db7b8d 100644
--- a/docs/configuring-playbook.md
+++ b/docs/configuring-playbook.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ To configure the playbook, you need to have done the following things:
 
 You can then follow these steps inside the playbook directory:
 
-1. create a directory to hold your configuration (`mkdir inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>`)
+1. create a directory to hold your configuration (`mkdir -p inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>`)
 
 1. copy the sample configuration file (`cp examples/vars.yml inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml`)