diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-dotnet/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-dotnet/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
index fdf398c8229d..fd8a839788b9 100644
--- a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-dotnet/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-dotnet/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ Next, run the following command to package our Lambda function to S3:
 
 ```bash
 sam package \
-    --template-file template.yaml \
     --output-template-file packaged.yaml \
     --s3-bucket REPLACE_THIS_WITH_YOUR_S3_BUCKET_NAME
 ```
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-golang/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-golang/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
index 669be260a777..36ec1022978f 100644
--- a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-golang/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-golang/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ Next, run the following command to package our Lambda function to S3:
 
 ```bash
 sam package \
-    --template-file template.yaml \
     --output-template-file packaged.yaml \
     --s3-bucket REPLACE_THIS_WITH_YOUR_S3_BUCKET_NAME
 ```
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-java/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-java/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
index 68e70f0adc77..980f230f1788 100644
--- a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-java/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-java/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ Next, run the following command to package our Lambda function to S3:
 
 ```bash
 sam package \
-    --template-file template.yaml \
     --output-template-file packaged.yaml \
     --s3-bucket REPLACE_THIS_WITH_YOUR_S3_BUCKET_NAME
 ```