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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Your contribution to MLflow Recipes is greatly appreciated by the community!
 To use MLflow Recipes in this example repository,
 simply install the packages listed in the `requirements.txt` file. Note that `Python 3.8` or above is recommended.
 ```
-pip install requirements.txt
+pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
 You may need to install additional libraries for extra features: