diff --git a/doc/source/install/common_configure.rst b/doc/source/install/common_configure.rst
index b34d5de5c..aa3aab919 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/common_configure.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/common_configure.rst
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@
 
    .. code-block:: ini
 
-     su -s /bin/sh -c "watcher-db-manage" watcher
+     su -s /bin/sh -c "watcher-db-manage --config-file /etc/watcher/watcher.conf create_schema"