diff --git a/travis-deploy-to-gh-pages/README.md b/travis-deploy-to-gh-pages/README.md
index d4c16dd..79fdefe 100644
--- a/travis-deploy-to-gh-pages/README.md
+++ b/travis-deploy-to-gh-pages/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ git rm -rf .
 ```bash
 echo "Placeholder page" > index.html
 git add index.html
-git commit -a -m "Placeholder page"
+git commit -m "Placeholder page"
 git push origin gh-pages
 ```