diff --git a/deploy/k8s/Makefile b/deploy/k8s/Makefile
index 256986a..0f1d572 100644
--- a/deploy/k8s/Makefile
+++ b/deploy/k8s/Makefile
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ import-demo-course: ## Import the demo course from edX
 		git clone https://github.com/edx/edx-demo-course --branch open-release/hawthorn.2 --depth 1 ../edx-demo-course \
 		&& python ./manage.py cms import ../data ../edx-demo-course")
 
-create-staff-user: ## Create a user with admin rights: make create-staff-user USERNAME=... EMAIL=...
+staff-user: ## Create a user with admin rights: make staff-user USERNAME=... EMAIL=...
 	$(call podexec,lms,/bin/bash -c "\
 		./manage.py lms manage_user --superuser --staff ${USERNAME} ${EMAIL} \
 		&& ./manage.py lms changepassword ${USERNAME}")
diff --git a/deploy/local/Makefile b/deploy/local/Makefile
index 5af1246..b32c683 100644
--- a/deploy/local/Makefile
+++ b/deploy/local/Makefile
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ import-demo-course: ## Import the demo course from edX
 		git clone https://github.com/edx/edx-demo-course --branch open-release/hawthorn.2 --depth 1 ../edx-demo-course \
 		&& python ./manage.py cms import ../data ../edx-demo-course"
 
-create-staff-user: ## Create a user with admin rights: make create-staff-user USERNAME=... EMAIL=...
+staff-user: ## Create a user with admin rights: make staff-user USERNAME=... EMAIL=...
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_OPENEDX) lms /bin/bash -c "./manage.py lms manage_user --superuser --staff ${USERNAME} ${EMAIL} && ./manage.py lms changepassword ${USERNAME}"
 
 portainer: ## Run Portainer (https://portainer.io), a UI for container supervision
diff --git a/docs/local.rst b/docs/local.rst
index 434df4a..4f770d9 100644
--- a/docs/local.rst
+++ b/docs/local.rst
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Creating a new user with staff and admin rights
 
 You will most certainly need to create a user to administer the platform. Just run::
 
-    make create-staff-user USERNAME=yourusername EMAIL=user@email.com
+    make staff-user USERNAME=yourusername EMAIL=user@email.com
 
 You will asked to set the user password interactively.