diff --git a/components/mqtt.rst b/components/mqtt.rst
index 03468b841..de651271e 100644
--- a/components/mqtt.rst
+++ b/components/mqtt.rst
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ retained messages for you:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    esphome configuration.yaml clean-mqtt
+    esphome clean-mqtt configuration.yaml
 
 With Docker: