diff --git a/lib/mix/lib/mix/tasks/xref.ex b/lib/mix/lib/mix/tasks/xref.ex
index 43f07f378d9..0b03a3f5f7c 100644
--- a/lib/mix/lib/mix/tasks/xref.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/lib/mix/tasks/xref.ex
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Xref do
 
   ### Understanding the printed cycle
 
-  If you run `mix xref graph --format cycle`, Elixir will print cycles
+  If you run `mix xref graph --format cycles`, Elixir will print cycles
   of shape:
 
       Cycle of length 3: