diff --git a/docs/plugins/plugin-script.asciidoc b/docs/plugins/plugin-script.asciidoc
index 9eb6cae1169..e89766f3c1f 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/plugin-script.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/plugins/plugin-script.asciidoc
@@ -165,12 +165,9 @@ can do this as follows:
 
 [source,sh]
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-sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin -Epath.conf=/path/to/custom/config/dir install <plugin name>
+sudo CONF_DIR=/path/to/conf/dir bin/elasticsearch-plugin install <plugin name>
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-You can also set the `CONF_DIR` environment variable to the custom config
-directory path.
-
 [float]
 === Proxy settings