diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/environments.rst b/lib/spack/docs/environments.rst
index 5ec1ec9032a..5d091dee30c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/environments.rst
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/environments.rst
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ be called using the ``spack -E`` flag to specify the environment.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $ spack activate myenv
+   $ spack env activate myenv
    $ spack add mpileaks
 
 or