diff --git a/website/pages/docs/from-1.5/variables.mdx b/website/pages/docs/from-1.5/variables.mdx
index ebd90b78f..dc74a1b86 100644
--- a/website/pages/docs/from-1.5/variables.mdx
+++ b/website/pages/docs/from-1.5/variables.mdx
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ _variable definitions file_ (with a filename ending in either `.pkrvars.hcl` or
 `-var-file`:
 
 ```shell
-packer build -var-file="testing.pkrvars"
+packer build -var-file="testing.pkrvars.hcl"
 ```
 
 A variable definitions file uses the same basic syntax as Packer language