diff --git a/content/packages-and-modules/getting-packages-from-the-registry/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally.mdx b/content/packages-and-modules/getting-packages-from-the-registry/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally.mdx
index 42d294f37a2..12544b31108 100644
--- a/content/packages-and-modules/getting-packages-from-the-registry/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally.mdx
+++ b/content/packages-and-modules/getting-packages-from-the-registry/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally.mdx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ To minimize the chance of permissions errors, you can configure npm to use a dif
 Instead of steps 3-5, you can use the corresponding ENV variable (e.g. if you don't want to modify `~/.profile`):
 
 ```
-NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=~/.npm-global
+NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=~/.npm-global npm install -g something
 ```
 
 <Note>