diff --git a/docs/memory.md b/docs/memory.md
index cace76835..695cf77d5 100644
--- a/docs/memory.md
+++ b/docs/memory.md
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ it allows for specifying the distance between each NUMA node.
 
 ```rust
 struct NumaConfig {
-    id: u32,
+    guest_numa_id: u32,
     cpus: Option<Vec<u8>>,
     distances: Option<Vec<NumaDistance>>,
     memory_zones: Option<Vec<String>>,
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ struct NumaConfig {
 ```
 
 ```
---numa <numa>	Settings related to a given NUMA node "id=<node_id>,cpus=<cpus_id>,distances=<list_of_distances_to_destination_nodes>,memory_zones=<list_of_memory_zones>"
+--numa <numa>	Settings related to a given NUMA node "guest_numa_id=<node_id>,cpus=<cpus_id>,distances=<list_of_distances_to_destination_nodes>,memory_zones=<list_of_memory_zones>"
 ```
 
 ### `guest_numa_id`
@@ -394,8 +394,7 @@ _Example_
 
 ```
 --cpus boot=8
---numa guest_numa_id=0,cpus=1-3:7
---numa guest_numa_id=1,cpus=0:4-6
+--numa guest_numa_id=0,cpus=1-3:7 guest_numa_id=1,cpus=0:4-6
 ```
 
 ### `distances`
@@ -420,9 +419,7 @@ different distances, it can be described with the following example.
 _Example_
 
 ```
---numa guest_numa_id=0,distances=1@15:2@25
---numa guest_numa_id=1,distances=0@15:2@20
---numa guest_numa_id=2,distances=0@25:1@20
+--numa guest_numa_id=0,distances=1@15:2@25 guest_numa_id=1,distances=0@15:2@20 guest_numa_id=2,distances=0@25:1@20
 ```
 
 ### `memory_zones`
@@ -445,11 +442,8 @@ _Example_
 
 ```
 --memory size=0
---memory-zone id=mem0,size=1G
---memory-zone id=mem1,size=1G
---memory-zone id=mem2,size=1G
---numa guest_numa_id=0,memory_zones=mem0:mem2
---numa guest_numa_id=1,memory_zones=mem1
+--memory-zone id=mem0,size=1G id=mem1,size=1G id=mem2,size=1G
+--numa guest_numa_id=0,memory_zones=mem0:mem2 guest_numa_id=1,memory_zones=mem1
 ```
 
 ### PCI bus