diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/GenerateConfigFileCmd.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/GenerateConfigFileCmd.java
index f627351df2..982152d430 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/GenerateConfigFileCmd.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/GenerateConfigFileCmd.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public static ArgumentParser addArguments(Subparser parser) {
             .dest("controller-list")
             .metavar("CONTROLLER-LIST")
             .help("Your controller ip:port list, split by ':'. Example: 192.168.0.1:9092;192.168.0.2:9092");
-        parser.addArgument("--broker-address")
+        parser.addArgument("--broker-list")
             .action(store())
             .required(true)
             .type(String.class)