diff --git a/howto/create-a-new-user.md b/howto/create-a-new-user.md
index a7ab9f6103b4b9ba68a0b802ed4fcbe3f0bf35b2..a43f509c165af1bb9acf79a1b2e2558d189e88e5 100644
--- a/howto/create-a-new-user.md
+++ b/howto/create-a-new-user.md
@@ -55,16 +55,15 @@ For example, your laptop.
   2. add pgp key to the `account-keyring` repository:
 
          FINGERPRINT=0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567
-        NEW_USER=alice
-        REQUESTOR=bob
-        ./NEW "$FINGERPRINT" "$NEW_USER" &&
-        git add torproject-keyring/"${NEW_USER}-${FINGERPRINT}.gpg" &&
-        git commit -m"new user ${NEW_USER} requested by ${REQUESTOR}"
+         NEW_USER=alice
+         REQUESTOR=bob
+         ./NEW "$FINGERPRINT" "$NEW_USER" &&
+         git add torproject-keyring/"${NEW_USER}-${FINGERPRINT}.gpg" &&
+         git commit -m"new user ${NEW_USER} requested by ${REQUESTOR}"
 
   3. push to both repositories:
 
-         git push &&
-        git push alberti
+         git push && git push alberti
 
 ## on the LDAP server