diff --git a/crate_universe/DEVELOPMENT.md b/crate_universe/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 7109112c51..a03540b599 100644
--- a/crate_universe/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/crate_universe/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ It's then recommended to export the `CARGO_BAZEL_GENERATOR_URL` environment
 variable to be a `file://` url to the built binary on disk.
 
 ```shell
-export CARGO_BAZEL_GENERATOR_URL=$(pwd)/target/debug/cargo-bazel
+export CARGO_BAZEL_GENERATOR_URL=file://$(pwd)/target/debug/cargo-bazel
 ```
 
 From here on, the repository rule can be run