diff --git a/plugins/apt/deb_packages/README.md b/plugins/apt/deb_packages/README.md
index 1ccffd40..56b60ff3 100644
--- a/plugins/apt/deb_packages/README.md
+++ b/plugins/apt/deb_packages/README.md
@@ -29,9 +29,13 @@ check out this git repository from
     aptitude install python-apt
     git clone git://github.com/munin-monitoring/contrib.git
     cd contrib/plugins/apt/deb_packages
-    sudo cp deb_packages.py /etc/munin/plugins
+    sudo cp deb_packages.py /etc/munin/plugins/deb_packages
     sudo cp deb_packages.munin-conf /etc/munin/plugin-conf.d/deb_packages
 
+Verify the installation by
+
+    sudo munin-run deb_packages
+
 ### Configuration
 If you copied deb_packages.munin-conf to plugin-conf.d you have a starting point.
 A typical configuration looks like this