diff --git a/containers/docker/README.md b/containers/docker/README.md
index 3eb7fa8cd3936cdad590d709b0717d1b4cd2277d..c6bf1c9e9fc5bfbab6156a968259e6c0f66c386a 100644
--- a/containers/docker/README.md
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@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ This Dockerfile allows to create mainly:
 
 In order for the docker build to correctly set the context, so that it can access the directories containing source codes, docker build must be invoked from this directory as:
 
-   > docker build -f Dockerfile ../.. --target <image name>
+   > docker build -f Dockerfile ../.. --target \<image name\>
 
 where `<image name>` is either `np-tmcode` or `np-tmcode-run`. One may also add the docker build option `-t tagname` to specify the `tagname` the built image should have in his/her registry.
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