diff --git a/assignments-conf.html b/assignments-conf.html
index e917882..5ea3302 100644
--- a/assignments-conf.html
+++ b/assignments-conf.html
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ $ cd cth2016-assignments</code></pre>
 <p>When your (now empty) github repo is created, you need to copy its url:</p>
 <p><img src="./img/github-new-repo-clone.png" class='inline-img'/></p>
 <p>and add a &quot;remote origin&quot; to your local git repo with this command</p>
-<pre><code>git remote add origin [your-github-https-url]</code></pre>
+<pre><code>git remote add origin your-github-https-url</code></pre>
+<p>where you replace &quot;your-github-https-url&quot; with your actual github url (for instance, on my repo it is: https://github.com/gauthiier/cth2016-assignments.git)</p>
 <h3 id="git-push">git push</h3>
 <p>When this is done, you can now <code>push</code> your local changes to the online github repo</p>
 <pre><code>git push origin master</code></pre>
diff --git a/assignments-conf.md b/assignments-conf.md
index 4a60084..c75e8e1 100644
--- a/assignments-conf.md
+++ b/assignments-conf.md
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ When your (now empty) github repo is created, you need to copy its url:
 
 and add a "remote origin" to your local git repo with this command
 
-	git remote add origin [your-github-https-url]
+	git remote add origin your-github-https-url
+
+where you replace "your-github-https-url" with your actual github url (for instance, on my repo it is: https://github.com/gauthiier/cth2016-assignments.git)
 
 ### git push