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@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ special condition.
 This can be easily corrected with this command, which will spread
 instances around the cluster to balance it:
 
-    hbal -L -C -v -P
+    hbal -L -C -v -p
 
 The above will show the proposed solution, with the state of the
 cluster before, and after (`-P`) and the commands to get there
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ cluster before, and after (`-P`) and the commands to get there
 commands. An alternative is to pass the `-X` argument, to tell `hbal`
 to actually issue the commands itself:
 
-    hbal -L -C -v -P -X
+    hbal -L -C -v -p -X
 
 This will automatically move the instances around and rebalance the
 cluster. Here's an example run on a small cluster: