diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 80df52651a..780528d6ad 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ specifies the maximum number of hotpluggable CPUs.
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("numa", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_numa,
-    "-numa node[,mem=size][,cpus=cpu[-cpu]][,nodeid=node]\n"
-    "-numa node[,memdev=id][,cpus=cpu[-cpu]][,nodeid=node]\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+    "-numa node[,mem=size][,cpus=firstcpu[-lastcpu]][,nodeid=node]\n"
+    "-numa node[,memdev=id][,cpus=firstcpu[-lastcpu]][,nodeid=node]\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 STEXI
-@item -numa node[,mem=@var{size}][,cpus=@var{cpu[-cpu]}][,nodeid=@var{node}]
-@itemx -numa node[,memdev=@var{id}][,cpus=@var{cpu[-cpu]}][,nodeid=@var{node}]
+@item -numa node[,mem=@var{size}][,cpus=@var{firstcpu}[-@var{lastcpu}]][,nodeid=@var{node}]
+@itemx -numa node[,memdev=@var{id}][,cpus=@var{firstcpu}[-@var{lastcpu}]][,nodeid=@var{node}]
 @findex -numa
 Simulate a multi node NUMA system. If @samp{mem}, @samp{memdev}
 and @samp{cpus} are omitted, resources are split equally. Also, note