diff --git a/docs/hadoop-provided.md b/docs/hadoop-provided.md
index 0ba5a58051abc..bbd26b343e2e6 100644
--- a/docs/hadoop-provided.md
+++ b/docs/hadoop-provided.md
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ export SPARK_DIST_CLASSPATH=$(hadoop classpath)
 export SPARK_DIST_CLASSPATH=$(/path/to/hadoop/bin/hadoop classpath)
 
 # Passing a Hadoop configuration directory
-export SPARK_DIST_CLASSPATH=$(hadoop classpath --config /path/to/configs)
+export SPARK_DIST_CLASSPATH=$(hadoop --config /path/to/configs classpath)
 
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