diff --git a/board/qemu/ppc64le-pseries/readme.txt b/board/qemu/ppc64le-pseries/readme.txt
index 0fdb389828..95455e9478 100644
--- a/board/qemu/ppc64le-pseries/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/ppc64le-pseries/readme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Run the emulation with:
 
-qemu-system-ppc64 -M pseries -nographic -kernel output/images/vmlinux -initrd output/images/rootfs.ext2
+qemu-system-ppc64 -M pseries -cpu POWER8 -m 256 -kernel output/images/vmlinux -append "console=hvc0 root=/dev/sda" -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,if=scsi,index=0,format=raw -serial stdio -display curses
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal window.