diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/vmware/kernel-upgrade.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/vmware/kernel-upgrade.html.md
index 9b998ba33..b91986730 100644
--- a/website/docs/source/v2/vmware/kernel-upgrade.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/source/v2/vmware/kernel-upgrade.html.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ enable auto-upgrading:
 # when we update the linux images
 $fix_vmware_tools_script = <<SCRIPT
 sed -i.bak 's/answer AUTO_KMODS_ENABLED_ANSWER no/answer AUTO_KMODS_ENABLED_ANSWER yes/g' /etc/vmware-tools/locations
-sed -i.bak 's/answer AUTO_KMODS_ENABLED no/answer AUTO_KMODS_ENABLED yes/g' /etc/vmware-tools/locations
+sed -i 's/answer AUTO_KMODS_ENABLED no/answer AUTO_KMODS_ENABLED yes/g' /etc/vmware-tools/locations
 SCRIPT
 
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|