diff --git a/ci/README.md b/ci/README.md
index b4158d01832..096b75324ff 100644
--- a/ci/README.md
+++ b/ci/README.md
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ requires `bash`, `docker`, and `python3` to be installed. To install all require
 sudo apt install bash docker.io python3
 ```
 
-To run the test stage with a specific configuration,
+It is recommended to run the ci system in a clean env. To run the test stage
+with a specific configuration,
 
 ```
-FILE_ENV="./ci/test/00_setup_env_arm.sh" ./ci/test_run_all.sh
+env -i HOME="$HOME" PATH="$PATH" USER="$USER" bash -c 'FILE_ENV="./ci/test/00_setup_env_arm.sh" ./ci/test_run_all.sh'
 ```
 
 ### Configurations
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ It is also possible to force a specific configuration without modifying the
 file. For example,
 
 ```
-MAKEJOBS="-j1" FILE_ENV="./ci/test/00_setup_env_arm.sh" ./ci/test_run_all.sh
+env -i HOME="$HOME" PATH="$PATH" USER="$USER" bash -c 'MAKEJOBS="-j1" FILE_ENV="./ci/test/00_setup_env_arm.sh" ./ci/test_run_all.sh'
 ```
 
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