diff --git a/docs/manual/using.html b/docs/manual/using.html
index 0c7421ec7..4cb91feb4 100644
--- a/docs/manual/using.html
+++ b/docs/manual/using.html
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ can be written as:
     <fileset dir="lib" includes="*.jar"/>
   </path>
   <javac srcdir="src" destdir="classes">
-    <compilerarg arg="-Xbootstrap/p:${toString:lib.path.ref}"/>
+    <compilerarg arg="-Xbootclasspath/p:${toString:lib.path.ref}"/>
   </javac>
 </pre>