diff --git a/init-repository b/init-repository
index 3fdfa83f..4a01aa6d 100755
--- a/init-repository
+++ b/init-repository
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Uses <url-base> as the base URL for submodule git mirrors.
 
 For example:
 
-  --mirror user@machine:/foo/bar
+  --mirror user@machine:/foo/bar/
 
 ...will use the following as a mirror for qtbase: