diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/terra-nullius-7ef598626d8118c1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/terra-nullius-7ef598626d8118c1.yaml
index c6c1fe3867b9..d9a49344a18e 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/terra-nullius-7ef598626d8118c1.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/terra-nullius-7ef598626d8118c1.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ critical:
       # Install Qiskit (only once).
       pip install 'qiskit>=1.0'
 
-    On Windows, replace ``source <venv>/bin/activate`` with ``source <venv>/Scripts/activate``.
+    On Windows, replace ``source <venv>/bin/activate`` with ``source <venv>\Scripts\activate``.
 
     If you are a library author, or have code that depends on Qiskit, you should update any old
     dependencies on ``qiskit-terra`` to instead depend on ``qiskit``.