diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ipmi/README.md b/plugins/inputs/ipmi/README.md
index d6fd3e7d7..499c4d6b2 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ipmi/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ipmi/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ see ipmitool(https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool/files/ipmitool/)
 
 The plugin will use the following command to collect remote host sensor stats:
 
-ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.1 -U USERID -P PASSW0RD sdr
+ipmitool -I lan -H 192.168.1.1 -U USERID -P PASSW0RD sdr
 
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