diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/docs/asciidoc/running.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/docs/asciidoc/running.adoc
index 849feb87cf1b..b2560f61206b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/docs/asciidoc/running.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/docs/asciidoc/running.adoc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Gradle allows project properties to be set in a variety of ways, including on th
 
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-$ ./gradlew -Pexample=custom
+$ ./gradlew bootRun -Pexample=custom
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 The preceding example sets the value of the `example` project property to `custom`.