diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index 450f077e8..96017dffc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 -   id: deptry
     name: deptry
     description: deptry is a command line tool to check for issues with dependencies in a Python project, such as unused or missing dependencies.
-    entry: deptry .
+    entry: deptry
+    args: [ "." ]
     language: system
     always_run: true
     pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index e3d86305b..00ca8364f 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ an example config for your `.pre-commit-config.yaml` file:
   rev: "<tag>"
   hooks:
     - id: deptry
-      args: ["--ignore", "DEP001"]
+      args: [".", "--ignore", "DEP001"]
 ```
 
 Replace `<tag>` with one of the [tags](https://github.com/fpgmaas/deptry/tags) from the