diff --git a/ci/scripts/rust_example.sh b/ci/scripts/rust_example.sh
index 0415090665d22..1bb97c88106f2 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/rust_example.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/rust_example.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 set -ex
 cd datafusion-examples/examples/
-cargo fmt --all -- --check
 cargo check --examples
 
 files=$(ls .)
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/README.md b/datafusion-examples/README.md
index f868a5310cbe0..90469e6715a6a 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/README.md
+++ b/datafusion-examples/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ cd datafusion
 # Download test data
 git submodule update --init
 
+# Change to the examples directory
+cd datafusion-examples/examples
+
 # Run the `dataframe` example:
 # ... use the equivalent for other examples
 cargo run --example dataframe