diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/command-mode-reference.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/command-mode-reference.adoc
index 7633b1164438a..5105520ea870c 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/command-mode-reference.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/command-mode-reference.adoc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.QuarkusMain;
 public class HelloWorldMain implements QuarkusApplication {
   @Override
   public int run(String... args) throws Exception {   // <.>
-    System.out.println("Hello " + args[1]);
+    System.out.println("Hello " + args[0]);
     return 0;
  }
 }