diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sinfo.1 b/doc/man/man1/sinfo.1
index ee6c10ca435cadfe5809e2a9dd1a4ef0d26b9553..10a3e020ddcc058350c7d7a9fb821e1ad4675a7d 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sinfo.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sinfo.1
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ debug*    up        30:00        8 no   no    all        8 idle  dev[0-7]
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 Report only those nodes that are in state DRAINED:
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-> sinfo --state=drained
+> sinfo --states=drained
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 PARTITION AVAIL NODES TIMELIMIT STATE  NODELIST
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