diff --git a/demos/buildAgainstTrilinos/README.md b/demos/buildAgainstTrilinos/README.md
index 87178425dfd2..c9a624744d14 100644
--- a/demos/buildAgainstTrilinos/README.md
+++ b/demos/buildAgainstTrilinos/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ This will put a file called `TrilinosConfig.cmake` under a subdirectory of
 ## 3. Configure the example project:
 
 ```
-  $ cd <any--base-dir>/
+  $ cd <any-base-dir>/
   $ mkdir <app-build-dir>
   $ cd <app-build-dir>/
   $ cmake \