diff --git a/docs/developer/plugin/plugin-tooling.asciidoc b/docs/developer/plugin/plugin-tooling.asciidoc
index afca932f3d9bc3..5a42eb5a7b7253 100644
--- a/docs/developer/plugin/plugin-tooling.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/plugin/plugin-tooling.asciidoc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ We recommend that you kick-start your plugin by generating it with the {kib-repo
 
 ["source","shell"]
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-node scripts/generate_plugin my_plugin_name # replace "my_plugin_name" with your desired plugin name
+node scripts/generate_plugin
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 [discrete]