diff --git a/docs/stackit_project_describe.md b/docs/stackit_project_describe.md
index a0900fbb6..d2f9f7eb5 100644
--- a/docs/stackit_project_describe.md
+++ b/docs/stackit_project_describe.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stackit project describe [flags]
   $ stackit project describe
 
   Get the details of a STACKIT project by explicitly providing the project ID
-  $ stackit project describe --project-id xxx
+  $ stackit project describe xxx
 
   Get the details of the configured STACKIT project, including details of the parent resources
   $ stackit project describe --include-parents
diff --git a/internal/cmd/project/describe/describe.go b/internal/cmd/project/describe/describe.go
index 460204e3f..4d692b8c0 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/project/describe/describe.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/project/describe/describe.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				"$ stackit project describe"),
 			examples.NewExample(
 				`Get the details of a STACKIT project by explicitly providing the project ID`,
-				"$ stackit project describe --project-id xxx"),
+				"$ stackit project describe xxx"),
 			examples.NewExample(
 				`Get the details of the configured STACKIT project, including details of the parent resources`,
 				"$ stackit project describe --include-parents"),