diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 8f3f7b98..5a462d84 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ From within your Spring project's git checkout directory:
 
 ### Remove all files
 
-    git rm -rf *
-    git rm -rf '.*'
+    git rm -rf `git ls-files` && rm -rf *
 
 ### Add the gh-pages-upstream remote