diff --git a/source/components/nitrokeys/features/u2f/desktop-login.rst b/source/components/nitrokeys/features/u2f/desktop-login.rst
index db349af83e..d86e6764e2 100644
--- a/source/components/nitrokeys/features/u2f/desktop-login.rst
+++ b/source/components/nitrokeys/features/u2f/desktop-login.rst
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ CLI Method
    .. code-block:: bash
 
       $ cd /etc/pam.d
-      $ sudo $editor common-auth
+      $ sudo editor common-auth
 
    And add the following lines at the top of the file: