diff --git a/doc/source/admin/config-subnet-pools.rst b/doc/source/admin/config-subnet-pools.rst
index a15b373f368..ffa3cb8f60a 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/config-subnet-pools.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/config-subnet-pools.rst
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ address family can be marked default.
     $ openstack subnet pool set --default 74348864-f8bf-4fc0-ab03-81229d189467
 
 If there is a default, it can be requested by passing
-``--use-default-subnetpool`` instead of
-``--subnet-pool SUBNETPOOL``.
+``--use-default-subnet-pool`` instead of
+``--subnet-pool SUBNETPOOL`` when creating a subnet.
 
 Demo
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