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@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Below is an example on how to create a new site from scratch:
 hugo new site mydocs; cd mydocs
 git init
 git submodule add https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book themes/hugo-book
-cp -R themes/hugo-book/exampleSite/content.en .
+cp -R themes/hugo-book/exampleSite/content.en/* ./content
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