diff --git a/examples/wasi/main.c b/examples/wasi/main.c
index 2a2ab07324c2..f55715aa6202 100644
--- a/examples/wasi/main.c
+++ b/examples/wasi/main.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Example of instantiating a WebAssembly which uses WASI imports.
 
 You can compile and run this example on Linux with:
 
-   cmake example/
+   cmake examples/
    cargo build --release -p wasmtime-c-api
    cc examples/wasi/main.c \
        -I crates/c-api/include \
diff --git a/examples/wasi/main.rs b/examples/wasi/main.rs
index 30d8e1f2aed7..69ff61756980 100644
--- a/examples/wasi/main.rs
+++ b/examples/wasi/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 /*
 You can execute this example with:
-    cmake example/
+    cmake examples/
     cargo run --example wasi
 */