diff --git a/live-tests/README.adoc b/live-tests/README.adoc
index 5ce9472b05..56f9554bb7 100644
--- a/live-tests/README.adoc
+++ b/live-tests/README.adoc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ To use this:
 
 4. On that system, run tests with:
 
-     TMPDIR=/var/tmp ./cargo-nextest nextest run --bound=all \
+     TMPDIR=/var/tmp ./cargo-nextest nextest run --profile=live-tests \
          --archive-file live-tests-archive/omicron-live-tests.tar.zst \
          --workspace-remap live-tests-archive
 ```