diff --git a/doc/075_scripting.rst b/doc/075_scripting.rst
index 712a70244..dc7f782dc 100644
--- a/doc/075_scripting.rst
+++ b/doc/075_scripting.rst
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ Check if a repository is already initialized
 
 You may find a need to check if a repository is already initialized,
 perhaps to prevent your script from initializing a repository multiple
-times. The command ``snapshots`` may be used for this purpose:
+times. The command ``cat config`` may be used for this purpose:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $ restic -r /srv/restic-repo snapshots
-    Fatal: unable to open config file: Stat: stat /srv/restic-repo/config: no such file or directory
+    $ restic -r /srv/restic-repo cat config
+    Fatal: unable to open config file: stat /srv/restic-repo/config: no such file or directory
     Is there a repository at the following location?
     /srv/restic-repo
 
 If a repository does not exist, restic will return a non-zero exit code
 and print an error message. Note that restic will also return a non-zero
 exit code if a different error is encountered (e.g.: incorrect password
-to ``snapshots``) and it may print a different error message. If there
-are no errors, restic will return a zero exit code and print all the
-snapshots.
+to ``cat config``) and it may print a different error message. If there
+are no errors, restic will return a zero exit code and print the repository
+metadata.