diff --git a/docs/reference/cli.rst b/docs/reference/cli.rst
index 4ff0346a6..1b16d1980 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cli.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/cli.rst
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ write
 `````
 ::
 
-    beet write [-ap] [QUERY]
+    beet write [-p] [QUERY]
 
 Write metadata from the database into files' tags.