diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index c5982818..2981d016 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ directory. This includes formatting, vetting, linting, building,
 testing and generating tagged binaries. We can verify this worked by running
 the registry binary generated in the "./bin" directory:
 
-    $ ./bin/registry -version
+    $ ./bin/registry --version
     ./bin/registry github.com/docker/distribution v2.0.0-alpha.2-80-g16d8b2c.m
 
 ### Optional build tags