diff --git a/book/src/development/adding_lints.md b/book/src/development/adding_lints.md
index 8b4eee8c9d94..145b393b7535 100644
--- a/book/src/development/adding_lints.md
+++ b/book/src/development/adding_lints.md
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ For cargo lints, the process of testing differs in that we are interested in the
 manifest.
 
 If our new lint is named e.g. `foo_categories`, after running `cargo dev
-new_lint` we will find by default two new crates, each with its manifest file:
+new_lint --name=foo_categories --type=cargo --category=cargo` we will find by default two new crates, each with its manifest file:
 
 * `tests/ui-cargo/foo_categories/fail/Cargo.toml`: this file should cause the
   new lint to raise an error.