diff --git a/doc/user-guide/section_cli_nova_boot.xml b/doc/user-guide/section_cli_nova_boot.xml
index 9c5a47ed0e..f1506345ae 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/section_cli_nova_boot.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/section_cli_nova_boot.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
                             <replaceable>USER-DATA-FILE</replaceable></parameter>
                     parameter.</para>
                 <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova boot --flavor <replaceable>FLAVOR_ID</replaceable> --image <replaceable>IMAGE_ID</replaceable> --key-name <replaceable>KEY_NAME</replaceable> \
-  --user-data <replaceable>USER_DATA_FILE</replaceable> --security-groups <replaceable>SEC_GROUP</replaceable> --meta <replaceable>KEY=VALUE</replaceable> \
+  --user-data <replaceable>USER_DATA_FILE</replaceable> --security-groups <replaceable>SEC_GROUP_NAME</replaceable> --meta <replaceable>KEY=VALUE</replaceable> \
   <replaceable>INSTANCE_NAME</replaceable></userinput></screen>
                 <para>The following command launches the
                         <literal>MyCirrosServer</literal> instance