diff --git a/docs/checking-for-changesets.md b/docs/checking-for-changesets.md
index 735a05485..b180e0b59 100644
--- a/docs/checking-for-changesets.md
+++ b/docs/checking-for-changesets.md
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ We have a [github bot](https://github.com/apps/changeset-bot) and a
 [bitbucket addon](https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/atlaskit-mk-2/src/master/build/bitbucket-release-addon/) that
 alert users of missing changesets.
 
-If you want to cause a failure in CI on missing changesets (not recommended), you can run `changeset status --since-master`,
+If you want to cause a failure in CI on missing changesets (not recommended), you can run `changeset status --since=main`,
 which will exit with a status code of 1 if there are no new changesets.