diff --git a/cobra/README.md b/cobra/README.md
index 6054f95c..5e027d48 100644
--- a/cobra/README.md
+++ b/cobra/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Cobra init is pretty smart. You can provide it a full path, or simply a path
 similar to what is expected in the import.
 
 ```
-cobra init github.com/spf13/newApp
+cobra init ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/spf13/newApp --pkg-name=github.com/spf13/newApp
 ```
 
 ### cobra add