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@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ For more information about the model archiver, see [Torch Model archiver for Tor
 After you archive and store the model, use the `torchserve` command to serve the model.
 
 ```bash
-torchserve --start --model-store model_store --models ~/model_store/densenet161=densenet161.mar
+torchserve --start --model-store ~/model_store --models ~/model_store/densenet161=densenet161.mar
 ```
 
 After you execute the `torchserve` command above, TorchServe runs on your host, listening for inference requests.