diff --git a/watcher/cmd/dbmanage.py b/watcher/cmd/dbmanage.py
index 45e36adba..883efaaec 100644
--- a/watcher/cmd/dbmanage.py
+++ b/watcher/cmd/dbmanage.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def add_command_parsers(subparsers):
              "Optionally, use --revision to specify an alembic revision "
              "string to upgrade to.")
     parser.set_defaults(func=DBCommand.upgrade)
-    parser.add_argument('revision', nargs='?')
+    parser.add_argument('--revision', nargs='?')
 
     parser = subparsers.add_parser(
         'downgrade',
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def add_command_parsers(subparsers):
              "While optional, one should generally use --revision to "
              "specify the alembic revision string to downgrade to.")
     parser.set_defaults(func=DBCommand.downgrade)
-    parser.add_argument('revision', nargs='?')
+    parser.add_argument('--revision', nargs='?')
 
     parser = subparsers.add_parser('stamp')
     parser.add_argument('revision', nargs='?')
diff --git a/watcher/db/sqlalchemy/alembic/README.rst b/watcher/db/sqlalchemy/alembic/README.rst
index b70a6d255..1faab71c6 100644
--- a/watcher/db/sqlalchemy/alembic/README.rst
+++ b/watcher/db/sqlalchemy/alembic/README.rst
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ To run the offline migration between specific migration versions::
 
 Upgrade the database incrementally::
 
-    $ watcher-db-manage --config-file /path/to/watcher.conf upgrade --delta \
+    $ watcher-db-manage --config-file /path/to/watcher.conf upgrade --revision \
         <# of revs>
 
 
 Downgrade the database by a certain number of revisions::
 
-    $ watcher-db-manage --config-file /path/to/watcher.conf downgrade --delta \
+    $ watcher-db-manage --config-file /path/to/watcher.conf downgrade --revision \
         <# of revs>