diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7c745bcb8..2836a71604 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ cargo build
 >./target/debug/zenith init
 
 # start pageserver
-> ./target/debug/zenith start
+> ./target/debug/zenith pageserver start
 Starting pageserver at '127.0.0.1:64000'
 
 # create and configure postgres data dir