diff --git a/doc/source/admin/live-migration-usage.rst b/doc/source/admin/live-migration-usage.rst
index 783ab5e27c2f..32c67c2b0ada 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/live-migration-usage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/live-migration-usage.rst
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Manual selection of the destination host
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-      $ openstack server migrate d1df1b5a-70c4-4fed-98b7-423362f2c47c --live HostC
+      $ openstack server migrate d1df1b5a-70c4-4fed-98b7-423362f2c47c --live-migration --host HostC
 
 #. Confirm that the instance has been migrated successfully: