diff --git a/docs/en/get-started/add-idf_path-to-profile-cmake.rst b/docs/en/get-started/add-idf_path-to-profile-cmake.rst
index 0f5cbcef1..1ec8a7975 100644
--- a/docs/en/get-started/add-idf_path-to-profile-cmake.rst
+++ b/docs/en/get-started/add-idf_path-to-profile-cmake.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Linux and MacOS
 Set up ``IDF_PATH`` and add ``idf.py`` to the PATH by adding the following two lines to ``~/.profile`` file::
 
     export IDF_PATH=~/esp/esp-idf
-    export PATH="$PATH:'$IDF_PATH/tools'"
+    export PATH="$PATH:$IDF_PATH/tools"
 
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