diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c03ad89c33..e51a2c51bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ Create and activate a virtual environment with [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/
 
 ```py
 # venv
-python -m venv my-env
-source ./my-env/bin/activate
+python -m venv .my-env
+source .my-env/bin/activate
 
 # uv
-uv venv my-env
-source ./my-env/bin/activate
+uv venv .my-env
+source .my-env/bin/activate
 ```
 
 Install Transformers in your virtual environment.
diff --git a/docs/source/en/installation.md b/docs/source/en/installation.md
index f98982d6ac..45a043ac8d 100644
--- a/docs/source/en/installation.md
+++ b/docs/source/en/installation.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Create and activate a virtual environment in your project directory with [venv](
 
 ```bash
 python -m venv .env
-source ./env/bin/activate
+source .env/bin/activate
 ```
 
 </hfoption>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ source ./env/bin/activate
 
 ```bash
 uv venv .env
-source ./env/bin/activate
+source .env/bin/activate
 ```
 
 </hfoption>