diff --git a/spring-geode-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/appendix.adoc b/spring-geode-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/appendix.adoc
index 1ac5801d..e54dbccf 100644
--- a/spring-geode-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/appendix.adoc
+++ b/spring-geode-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/appendix.adoc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class with the following, recommended JRE command-line options:
 .Server 1 run profile configuration
 [source,txt]
 ----
--server -ea -Dspring.profiles-active=
+-server -ea -Dspring.profiles.active=
 ----
 
 Start the class.  You should see similar output: