diff --git a/cmd/clidoc/main.go b/cmd/clidoc/main.go
index e443d5bed1f0..9724f8b33e36 100644
--- a/cmd/clidoc/main.go
+++ b/cmd/clidoc/main.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	if err := clidoc.Generate(cmd.NewRootCmd(), os.Args[2:]); err != nil {
+	if err := clidoc.Generate(cmd.NewRootCmd(), []string{filepath.Join(os.Args[2], "cli")}); err != nil {
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Unable to generate CLI docs: %+v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}