diff --git a/docs/03-compute-resources.md b/docs/03-compute-resources.md
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ In this section a dedicated [Virtual Private Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/com
 Create the `kubernetes-the-hard-way` custom VPC network:
 
 ```
-gcloud compute networks create kubernetes-the-hard-way --subnet-mode custom
+gcloud compute networks create kubernetes-the-hard-way --mode custom
 ```
 
 A [subnet](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vpc/#vpc_networks_and_subnets) must be provisioned with an IP address range large enough to assign a private IP address to each node in the Kubernetes cluster.