diff --git a/cmd/kops/set.go b/cmd/kops/set.go
index d29c226714..8c5a54c380 100644
--- a/cmd/kops/set.go
+++ b/cmd/kops/set.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 	setExample = templates.Examples(i18n.T(`
     # Set cluster to run kubernetes version 1.17.0
 	kops set cluster k8s-cluster.example.com spec.kubernetesVersion=1.17.0
-	kops set instancegroup k8s-cluster.example.com spec.maxSize=4
+	kops set instancegroup --name k8s-cluster.example.com nodes spec.maxSize=4
 	`))
 )
 
diff --git a/docs/cli/kops_set.md b/docs/cli/kops_set.md
index fa8b8a74ff..23f5dd06f9 100644
--- a/docs/cli/kops_set.md
+++ b/docs/cli/kops_set.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Set a configuration field.
 ```
   # Set cluster to run kubernetes version 1.17.0
   kops set cluster k8s-cluster.example.com spec.kubernetesVersion=1.17.0
-  kops set instancegroup k8s-cluster.example.com spec.maxSize=4
+  kops set instancegroup --name k8s-cluster.example.com nodes spec.maxSize=4
 ```
 
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