diff --git a/playbooks/manual/update-packages.yml b/playbooks/manual/update-packages.yml
index 8e7eba36b1..a939a3dc52 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/update-packages.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/update-packages.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# requires --extra-vars="target='host1;host2;group etc' package='python-tahrir'"
+# requires --extra-vars="target='host1:host2:group etc' package='python-tahrir'"
 #
 # Alternatively, you could update a group of packages like
-# --extra-vars="target='host1;host2' package='python-t*'"
+# --extra-vars="target='host1:host2' package='python-t*'"
 #
 # To update from testing, adjust as follow:
-# --extra-vars="target='host1;host2' package='python-t*' testing=True"
+# --extra-vars="target='host1:host2' package='python-t*' testing=True"
 
 - name: push packages out
   hosts: "{{target}}"