diff --git a/doc/update/background_migrations.md b/doc/update/background_migrations.md
index 27eaa53a5d11b12655c4991b7d059d8f362b10b9..8117d76d3fc11f6a3099fad2d028e1c6d0827381 100644
--- a/doc/update/background_migrations.md
+++ b/doc/update/background_migrations.md
@@ -315,10 +315,12 @@ use the information in the failure error logs or the database:
 
    When dealing with multiple arguments, such as `[["id"],["id_convert_to_bigint"]]`, escape the
    comma between each argument with a backslash <code>&#92;</code> to prevent an invalid character error.
-   The command should be:
+   Every comma in the `job_arguments` parameter value must be escaped with a backslash.
+
+   For example:
 
    ```shell
-   sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:background_migrations:finalize[CopyColumnUsingBackgroundMigrationJob,events,id,'[["id"]\, ["id_convert_to_bigint"]]']
+   sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:background_migrations:finalize[CopyColumnUsingBackgroundMigrationJob,ci_builds,id,'[["id"\, "stage_id"]\,["id_convert_to_bigint"\,"stage_id_convert_to_bigint"]]']
    ```
 
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