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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The size of the archive varies, but will utilise somewhere in the region of 150-
 
 - Plug in the hard drive into your butterbox, and mount it. This assumes it is mounted at `/mnt`.
 - Log in via the butterbox console, as the root user.
-- ensure the date is set correctly by running `date -s "30/12/2026 10:29`
+- ensure the date is set correctly by running date, for example: `date -s "30/12/2026 10:29"`
 - edit file `/etc/apt/sources.list` to contain the following line: 
 ` deb file:/mnt/mirror/ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free`