diff --git a/Contributing-to-the-Pi-hole-project.md b/Contributing-to-the-Pi-hole-project.md
index ec1c873..d9680d9 100644
--- a/Contributing-to-the-Pi-hole-project.md
+++ b/Contributing-to-the-Pi-hole-project.md
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ Git even has a `-s` command line option to append this automatically to your com
 If you have authored a commit that is missing the `Signed-off by` line, you can amend your commits
 and push them to GitHub
 
-`git commit --amend --signoff`
+`$ git commit --amend --signoff`
 
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