diff --git a/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/account-methods/account_tx.md b/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/account-methods/account_tx.md
index 279a810b53..8bffe6134e 100644
--- a/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/account-methods/account_tx.md
+++ b/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/account-methods/account_tx.md
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ An example of the request format:
 *Commandline*
 
 ```
-#Syntax account_tx account ledger_index_min ledger_index_max [offset] [limit] [binary] [count] [forward]
-rippled -- account_tx r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59 -1 -1 2 5 1 0 1
+# Syntax: account_tx account [ledger_index_min [ledger_index_max]] [limit] [offset] [binary] [count] [descending]
+# For binary/count/descending, use the parameter name for true and omit for false.
+rippled -- account_tx r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59 -1 -1 2 0 binary descending
 ```
 
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