diff --git a/nosqldb/README b/nosqldb/README
index 5aae379af919871b9ab3a5401a5444a8e4960276..2b080d4a46c72d8749e44dc2bcea48d4073c2c4f 100644
--- a/nosqldb/README
+++ b/nosqldb/README
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ $YCSBHOME is a YCSB home directory.
 
 BENCHMARK
 
-    $YCSBHOME/bin/ycsb load nosqldb workloads/workloada
-    $YCSBHOME/bin/ycsb run nosqldb workloads/workloada
+    $YCSBHOME/bin/ycsb load nosqldb -P workloads/workloada
+    $YCSBHOME/bin/ycsb run nosqldb -P workloads/workloada
 
 PROPERTIES