diff --git a/asterisk.sgml b/asterisk.sgml
index b33fb4737d8e0fa6c185b291b38169c2085519c5..663a816be183edb2f29d261dc42401a857aaecb1 100644
--- a/asterisk.sgml
+++ b/asterisk.sgml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 <arg><option>-G </option><replaceable class="parameter">group</replaceable></arg>
 <arg><option>-x </option><replaceable class="parameter">command</replaceable></arg>
 <arg><option>-M </option><replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable></arg>
-<arg><option>-L </option><replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable></arg>
+<arg><option>-L </option><replaceable class="parameter">loadaverage</replaceable></arg>
 	</cmdsynopsis>
 	<cmdsynopsis>