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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The following code snippet comes from [Dubbo Samples](https://github.com/apache/
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/apache/dubbo-samples.git
-cd dubbo-samples/dubbo-samples-api
+cd dubbo-samples/1-basic/dubbo-samples-api
 ```
 
 There's a [README](https://github.com/apache/dubbo-samples/blob/389cd612f1ea57ee6e575005b32f195c442c35a2/1-basic/dubbo-samples-api/README.md) file under `dubbo-samples-api` directory. We recommend referencing the samples in that directory by following the below-mentioned instructions: