diff --git a/src/node/main/node_run_command.ml b/src/node/main/node_run_command.ml
index 22ac4f83d..12bee3864 100644
--- a/src/node/main/node_run_command.ml
+++ b/src/node/main/node_run_command.ml
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ module Manpage = struct
       `S "EXAMPLES" ;
       `I ("$(b,Run in sandbox mode listening to RPC commands \
            at localhost port 8732)",
-          "$(mname) run --sandbox --base-dir /custom/data/dir \
+          "$(mname) run --sandbox --data-dir /custom/data/dir \
            --rpc-addr localhost:8732" ) ;
       `I ("$(b,Run a node that accepts network connections)",
           "$(mname) run" ) ;