diff --git a/awesome-client.1.txt b/awesome-client.1.txt
index 9b1e4f07e..c5bc95f32 100644
--- a/awesome-client.1.txt
+++ b/awesome-client.1.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The command format is:
 
 For example, to change statusbar text on screen 0, you can do the following:
 
-    echo 0 widget_tell <widget-id> Hello, world | awesome-client
+    echo 0 widget_tell <widget-id> text Hello, world | awesome-client
 
 To view tag number 3 on screen 1: