diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/builder.md b/docs/sources/reference/builder.md
index 730d176efb..73f48b8248 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/builder.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/builder.md
@@ -444,7 +444,10 @@ It can be used multiple times in the one `Dockerfile`. If a relative path
 is provided, it will be relative to the path of the previous `WORKDIR`
 instruction. For example:
 
-    WORKDIR /a WORKDIR b WORKDIR c RUN pwd
+    WORKDIR /a
+    WORKDIR b
+    WORKDIR c
+    RUN pwd
 
 The output of the final `pwd` command in this Dockerfile would be
 `/a/b/c`.