diff --git a/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt b/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt
index 6bdc2bfcfc..054e18b4f3 100644
--- a/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt
+++ b/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ I. BASICS:
 
   For cosmetics-only commits you should get (almost) empty output from
 
-    svn diff --diff-cmd diff -x '-duwbBE' <filename(s)>
+    svn diff -x -uwb <filename(s)>
 
   Also check the output of