diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Linter commands work on a subset of all staged files, defined by a _glob pattern
   - **`"*.js"`** will match all JS files, like `/test.js` and `/foo/bar/test.js`
   - **`"!(*test).js"`**. will match all JS files, except those ending in `test.js`, so `foo.js` but not `foo.test.js`
 - If the glob pattern does contain a slash (`/`), it will match for paths as well:
-  - **`"/*.js"`** will match all JS files in the git repo root, so `/test.js` but not `/foo/bar/test.js`
+  - **`"./*.js"`** will match all JS files in the git repo root, so `/test.js` but not `/foo/bar/test.js`
   - **`"foo/**/\*.js"`** will match all JS files inside the`/foo`directory, so`/foo/bar/test.js`but not`/test.js`
 
 When matching, `lint-staged` will do the following