diff --git a/docs/content/doc/usage/backup-and-restore.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/usage/backup-and-restore.en-us.md
index fa73c38bc6..a0816ebe48 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/usage/backup-and-restore.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/usage/backup-and-restore.en-us.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ file can be unpacked and used to restore an instance.
 
 ## Backup Command (`dump`)
 
-Switch to the user running gitea: `su git`. Run `./gitea dump` in the gitea installation
+Switch to the user running gitea: `su git`. Run `./gitea dump -c /path/to/app.ini` in the gitea installation
 directory. There should be some output similar to the following:
 
 ```