diff --git a/docs/contributing-building.md b/docs/contributing-building.md
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--- a/docs/contributing-building.md
+++ b/docs/contributing-building.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ and most other crates in the repository, you have to ensure that those are
 initialized with this command:
 
 ```shell
-git submodule init && git submodule update
+git submodule update --init
 ```
 
 ### The Rust Toolchain