diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 4e001bf8b36..581a35e72b8 100755
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Once this is done, you can build the reference documentation with the command be
 
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-	$ ./mvnw clean generate-resources -pl spring-boot-docs -Pdefault,full
+	$ ./mvnw clean prepare-package -pl spring-boot-docs -Pdefault,full
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 TIP: The generated documentation is available from `spring-boot-docs/target/contents/reference`