diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
index cbf23e928d..ab40b9f5f8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ set eth-peer
 
 Set the forwarding peer address for certain port::
 
-   testpmd> set eth-peer (port_id) (perr_addr)
+   testpmd> set eth-peer (port_id) (peer_addr)
 
 This is equivalent to the ``--eth-peer`` command-line option.