diff --git a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1 b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
index 9a75410718b60489834d1789edb8769395e39b3b..f23920a7038809315d32bf41aef32e9f813e2ae8 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ Examples of use include "\-\-gres=gpus:2*cpu,disk=40G" and "\-\-gres=help".
 \fB\-H, \-\-hold\fR
 Specify the job is to be submitted in a held state (priority of zero).
 A held job can now be released using scontrol to reset its priority
-(e.g. "\fIscontrol update jobid=<id> priority=1\fR".
+(e.g. "\fIscontrol release <job_id>\fR").
 
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1 b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
index 0c1a42ac242079fc2d2d9e94e7b23b26ee9fa1d7..6224d5bd0f19edbe0edd31015ea928df153f9894 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ Examples of use include "\-\-gres=gpus:2*cpu,disk=40G" and "\-\-gres=help".
 \fB\-H, \-\-hold\fR
 Specify the job is to be submitted in a held state (priority of zero).
 A held job can now be released using scontrol to reset its priority
-(e.g. "\fIscontrol update jobid=<id> priority=1\fR".
+(e.g. "\fIscontrol release <job_id>\fR").
 
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/srun.1 b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
index a3639bdfb06b379810d9cc025d18800feafc3fa0..41103d7f67afcbfd0197deb25d7db720dcf8dbc0 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/srun.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ Examples of use include "\-\-gres=gpus:2*cpu,disk=40G" and "\-\-gres=help".
 \fB\-H, \-\-hold\fR
 Specify the job is to be submitted in a held state (priority of zero).
 A held job can now be released using scontrol to reset its priority
-(e.g. "\fIscontrol update jobid=<id> priority=1\fR".
+(e.g. "\fIscontrol release <job_id>\fR".
 
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR