diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index ca786fa..554be06 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ First time contribution
 2. Once finished, compile the strings into bytecode. This will generate the messages.mo-file. (this step is optional)
 
 .. code-block:: bash
-   pybabel compile -d fun_with_flags/translations
+   $ pybabel compile -d fun_with_flags/translations
+
 3. Edit the sections "friendly", "locale", "quotes_ante" and "quotes_post" in the instance/config.py-file. (add your language-code and translations)
 4. Put everything into the zip-file again and upload it to the cloud. Let joschobart know about your update