diff --git a/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
index 764cc560b4..3b6b494162 100644
--- a/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ sure it is in your path.  Then cd to a checked out CVS working directory
 of the project you are interested in and run gitlink:git-cvsimport[1]:
 
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-$ git cvsimport -C <destination>
+$ git cvsimport -C <destination> <module>
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 This puts a git archive of the named CVS module in the directory