diff --git a/docs/backtesting.md b/docs/backtesting.md
index 75aba6c73..c5d223c67 100644
--- a/docs/backtesting.md
+++ b/docs/backtesting.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Assume you downloaded the history data from the Bittrex exchange and kept it in
 You can then use this data for backtesting as follows:
 
 ```bash
-freqtrade backtesting --datadir user_data/data/bittrex-20180101
+freqtrade --datadir user_data/data/bittrex-20180101 backtesting
 ```
 
 #### With a (custom) strategy file
diff --git a/docs/plotting.md b/docs/plotting.md
index 4deb6db12..89404f8b1 100644
--- a/docs/plotting.md
+++ b/docs/plotting.md
@@ -179,5 +179,5 @@ freqtrade plot-profit  -p LTC/BTC --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite --trade-sou
 ```
 
 ``` bash
-freqtrade plot-profit --datadir user_data/data/binance_save/ -p LTC/BTC
+freqtrade --datadir user_data/data/binance_save/ plot-profit -p LTC/BTC
 ```