diff --git a/docs/devguide/modules-dev-guide.asciidoc b/docs/devguide/modules-dev-guide.asciidoc
index ee264b157412..cab2b117133a 100644
--- a/docs/devguide/modules-dev-guide.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/devguide/modules-dev-guide.asciidoc
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ docker run \
   -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 \
   -e "xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=false"  -e "ELASTIC_PASSWORD=changeme" \
   -e "discovery.type=single-node" \
-  --pull allways --rm --detach \
+  --pull always --rm --detach \
   docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:master-SNAPSHOT
 ----
 . Create an "admin" user on that Elasticsearch instance: