diff --git a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md
index 844ebde7a..9c3705ba8 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ All other combinations of `debug` and `optimization` set `buildtype` to `'custom
 These are set in the same way as universal options, either by
 `-Doption=value`, or by setting them inside `default_options` of
 [[project]] in your `meson.build`. However, they cannot be shown in
-the output of `meson --help` because they depend on both the current
+the output of `meson setup --help` because they depend on both the current
 platform and the compiler that will be selected. The only way to see
 them is to setup a builddir and then run `meson configure` on it with
 no options.