diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index 44ecd2044..798a33456 100644
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 set -e
 if test ! -d ../gnu; then
     echo "Could not find ../gnu"
-    echo "git clone git@github.com:coreutils/coreutils.git ../gnu"
+    echo "git clone git@github.com:coreutils/coreutils.git gnu"
     exit 1
 fi
 if test ! -d ../gnulib; then
     echo "Could not find ../gnulib"
-    echo "git clone git@github.com:coreutils/gnulib.git ../gnulib"
+    echo "git clone git@github.com:coreutils/gnulib.git gnulib"
     exit 1
 fi