diff --git a/winsup/doc/install.texinfo b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo
index 816541291..a79545b65 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/install.texinfo
+++ b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ everything else.  The following steps should work:
 @item Download the snapshot, and run:
 @example
 	cd /
-        tar jxvf /posix/path/to/cygwin-inst-YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2
+        tar jxvf /posix/path/to/cygwin-inst-YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2 --exclude=usr/bin/cygwin1.dll
         cd /tmp
         tar jxvf /posix/path/to/cygwin-inst-YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2 usr/bin/cygwin1.dll
 @end example