diff --git a/docs/source/user-guide/cli.md b/docs/source/user-guide/cli.md
index 5954f0aaebd7..ec0a917c27f5 100644
--- a/docs/source/user-guide/cli.md
+++ b/docs/source/user-guide/cli.md
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ this to work.
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion
-git checkout 12.0.0
 cd arrow-datafusion
+git checkout 12.0.0
 docker build -f datafusion-cli/Dockerfile . --tag datafusion-cli
 docker run -it -v $(your_data_location):/data datafusion-cli
 ```