diff --git a/doc/source/dev/dev-quickstart.rst b/doc/source/dev/dev-quickstart.rst
index 41e7ceeef8..e960655f0b 100644
--- a/doc/source/dev/dev-quickstart.rst
+++ b/doc/source/dev/dev-quickstart.rst
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ commands to build the documentation set::
     source .tox/venv/bin/activate
 
     # build the docs
-    tox -egendocs
+    tox -edocs
 
 Now use your browser to open the top-level index.html located at::
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a6e2ae0969..dfd62ce8ae 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ envdir = {toxworkdir}/venv
 commands =
   bash tools/config/generate_sample.sh -b . -p ironic -o etc/ironic
 
-[testenv:gendocs]
+[testenv:docs]
 setenv = PYTHONHASHSEED=0
 sitepackages = False
 envdir = {toxworkdir}/venv