diff --git a/activerecord/RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS b/activerecord/RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS
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@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 == Configure databases
 
-Copy test/config.example.yml to test/config.yml and edit as needed. Or just run the tests for
-the first time, which will do the copy automatically and use the default (sqlite3).
+Copy test/config.example.yml to test/config.yml and edit as needed:
+
+	$ cp config.example.yml config.yml
+
+Or just run the tests for the first time, which will do the copy automatically and use the default (sqlite3).
 
 You can build postgres and mysql databases using the build_postgresql and build_mysql rake tasks.