diff --git a/llvm/docs/Benchmarking.rst b/llvm/docs/Benchmarking.rst
index 7deb221446067..cd7b835e47c53 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/Benchmarking.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/Benchmarking.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Linux
 
    for i in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
    do
-     echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
+     echo performance > $i
    done
 
 * Use https://github.com/lpechacek/cpuset to reserve cpus for just the