diff --git a/docs/features/autoupdater.rst b/docs/features/autoupdater.rst
index 4df031659dad5fd949151410580e0c899be68307..5313feacea968b86f32458a007cbf47c478e8f1f 100644
--- a/docs/features/autoupdater.rst
+++ b/docs/features/autoupdater.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ A fully automated nightly build could use the following commands:
     make clean
     NUM_CORES_PLUS_ONE=$(expr $(nproc) + 1)
     make -j$NUM_CORES_PLUS_ONE GLUON_TARGET=ar71xx-generic GLUON_BRANCH=experimental
-    make manifest GLUON_BRANCH=experimental
+    make manifest GLUON_BRANCH=$GLUON_BRANCH GLUON_RELEASE=$GLUON_RELEASE
     contrib/sign.sh $SECRETKEY output/images/sysupgrade/experimental.manifest
 
     rm -rf /where/to/put/this/experimental