diff --git a/docs/src/mbtiles-copy.md b/docs/src/mbtiles-copy.md
index 0e8098edb..c65e6ddfd 100644
--- a/docs/src/mbtiles-copy.md
+++ b/docs/src/mbtiles-copy.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Apply the diff file generated from `copy` command above to an mbtiles file. The
 Note that the `agg_tiles_hash_in_diff` metadata value will be renamed to `agg_tiles_hash` when applying the diff. This is done to avoid confusion when applying the diff file to the original file, as the `agg_tiles_hash` value will be different after the diff is applied.
 
 ```shell
-mbtiles apply_diff src_file.mbtiles diff_file.mbtiles
+mbtiles apply-patch src_file.mbtiles diff_file.mbtiles
 ```
 
 #### Applying diff with SQLite