diff --git a/docs/references/strategies/languages/maven/maven.md b/docs/references/strategies/languages/maven/maven.md
index ca6547256b..19c5a121ce 100644
--- a/docs/references/strategies/languages/maven/maven.md
+++ b/docs/references/strategies/languages/maven/maven.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Not directly, but `mvn` itself has an [environment variable](https://maven.apach
 For example, to set a custom `settings.xml` file you can use an invocation like this:
 
 ```sh
-export MAVEN_ARGS="--settings /foo/bar/settings.xml" fossa analyze
+MAVEN_ARGS="--settings /foo/bar/settings.xml" fossa analyze
 ```
 
 ## Filtering by Maven Dependency Scope