diff --git a/docs/_docs/step-by-step/09-collections.md b/docs/_docs/step-by-step/09-collections.md
index d7a33b15..194f1af9 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/step-by-step/09-collections.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/step-by-step/09-collections.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Ted has been eating fruit since he was baby.
 Let's add a page which lists all the authors on the site. Jekyll makes the
 collection available at `site.authors`.
 
-Create `staff.html` and iterate over `site.authors` to output all the staff:
+Create `staff.html` in the root directory and iterate over `site.authors` to output all the staff:
 
 {% raw %}
 ```liquid