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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Next, change your `.changeset/config.json` to point to the new package:
 If you want to write your own, you can reference a file path. For example, you can create a new file `.changeset/my-changelog-config.js`, then you can reference it in the `.changeset/config.json` file as:
 
 ```
-"changelog": ".changeset/my-changelog-config.js"
+"changelog": "./my-changelog-config.js"
 ```
 
 ## Writing Changelog Formatting Functions