diff --git a/guide/src/cli/init.md b/guide/src/cli/init.md
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--- a/guide/src/cli/init.md
+++ b/guide/src/cli/init.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ a title.
 mdbook init --title="my amazing book"
 ```
 
-#### --gitignore
+#### --ignore
 
 Create a `.gitignore` file configured to ignore the `book` directory created when [building] a book. 
 If not supplied, an interactive prompt will ask whether it should be created.