diff --git a/php/README.md b/php/README.md
index ed08033b0c6a..50ea88c2083e 100644
--- a/php/README.md
+++ b/php/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ We recommend that you add a custom `php.ini` configuration. `COPY` it into `/usr
 
 ```dockerfile
 FROM php:5.6-apache
-COPY config/php.ini /usr/local/etc/php
+COPY config/php.ini /usr/local/etc/php/
 COPY src/ /var/www/html/
 ```