diff --git a/docs/documentation/api.md b/docs/documentation/api.md
index 9880ed874c..5083785b65 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/api.md
+++ b/docs/documentation/api.md
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ above.
 
    You can check your formatting using two helpful tools.
    * `tools/check-openapi` will verify the syntax of `zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml`.
-   * `test-backend zerver/tests/test_openapi.py`; this test compares
+   * `tools/test-backend zerver/tests/test_openapi.py`; this test compares
       your documentation against the code and can find many common
       mistakes in how arguments are declared.