diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
index 24ac91d56698d626fb266556c5b0c3b9fd212fa9..3566a725d19c7dd704b929206f2a0aad81a10dfa 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
+++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ modprobe mac80211_hwsim
 hostapd hostapd.conf
 
 # Run wpa_supplicant (station) for wlan1
-wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf
+wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -iwlan1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf
 
 
 More test cases are available in hostap.git: