diff --git a/x/auth/vesting/client/cli/tx.go b/x/auth/vesting/client/cli/tx.go
index 0ce6708fd5e6..fe983856e0d5 100644
--- a/x/auth/vesting/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/auth/vesting/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func NewMsgCreatePeriodicVestingAccountCmd(ac address.Codec) *cobra.Command {
 
 		An array of coin strings and unix epoch times for coins to vest
 { "start_time": 1625204910,
-"period":[
+"periods":[
  {
   "coins": "10test",
   "length_seconds":2592000 //30 days