diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/feature/SCM-HA.md b/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/feature/SCM-HA.md
index cc42500e0c3a..333c908275d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/feature/SCM-HA.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/feature/SCM-HA.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Second and third nodes should be *bootstrapped* instead of init. These clusters
 ozone scm --bootstrap
 ```
 
-Note: both commands perform one-time initialization.  SCM still needs to be started by running `ozone scm --daemon start`.
+Note: both commands perform one-time initialization.  SCM still needs to be started by running `ozone --daemon start scm`.
 
 ## Auto-bootstrap
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Note: SCM still needs to be started after the init/bootstrap process.
 ```
 ozone scm --init
 ozone scm --bootstrap
-ozone scm --daemon start
+ozone --daemon start scm
 ```
 
 For Docker/Kubernetes, use `ozone scm` to start it in the foreground.