diff --git a/developer_manual/app/l10n.rst b/developer_manual/app/l10n.rst
index b37154d94..712025b8d 100644
--- a/developer_manual/app/l10n.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/app/l10n.rst
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ in the app folder and executing::
 
 
     cd /srv/http/owncloud/apps/myapp/l10n
-    perl l10n.pl myapp read
+    perl l10n.pl read myapp
 
 The translation script requires **Locale::PO** and **gettext**, installable via::
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ folder named like the language code with the app name as filename - for example
 transfer the po file into our own fileformat that is more easily readable by
 the server code::
 
-    perl l10n.pl myapp write
+    perl l10n.pl write myapp
 
 Now the following folder structure is available::