diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 3556f052ea..6a2564b07d 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ hyperlinks (@pxref{Overview,,, texinfo, GNU Texinfo}).  However you
 should be careful when using some characters for example @samp{@@} and
 curly braces which are the basic special characters in Texinfo
 (@pxref{Special Characters,,, texinfo, GNU Texinfo}).  User interfaces
-such as @command{guix package --show} take care of rendering it
+such as @command{guix show} take care of rendering it
 appropriately.
 
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