diff --git a/elasticsearch/README.md b/elasticsearch/README.md
index 61c8801a8..f7a0e32aa 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ You can run the default `elasticsearch` command simply:
 
 You can also pass in additional flags to `elasticsearch`:
 
-    docker run -it --rm elasticsearch -Des.node.name="TestNode"
+    docker run -it --rm elasticsearch elasticsearch -Des.node.name="TestNode"
 
 This image comes with a default set of configuration files for `elasticsearch`,
 but if you want to provide your own set of configuration files, you can do so
diff --git a/elasticsearch/content.md b/elasticsearch/content.md
index 63f4b594e..f7b13dbae 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/content.md
+++ b/elasticsearch/content.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ You can run the default `elasticsearch` command simply:
 
 You can also pass in additional flags to `elasticsearch`:
 
-    docker run -it --rm elasticsearch -Des.node.name="TestNode"
+    docker run -it --rm elasticsearch elasticsearch -Des.node.name="TestNode"
 
 This image comes with a default set of configuration files for `elasticsearch`,
 but if you want to provide your own set of configuration files, you can do so