diff --git a/Documentation/database-setup.txt b/Documentation/database-setup.txt
index 0465d62b0c..c559b0ed90 100644
--- a/Documentation/database-setup.txt
+++ b/Documentation/database-setup.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ password, create a database to store the metadata, and grant the user
 full rights on the newly created database:
 
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-  $ createuser --username=postgres -S -R -D -P -E gerrit2
+  $ createuser --username=postgres -RDIElPS gerrit2
   $ createdb --username=postgres -E UTF-8 -O gerrit2 reviewdb
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