diff --git a/extensions/federation/hive/README.md b/extensions/federation/hive/README.md
index 4536a87951..e4fd6653d9 100644
--- a/extensions/federation/hive/README.md
+++ b/extensions/federation/hive/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ NonRESTCatalogs=HIVE,<alternates>
 
 The other option is to pass it as an argument to the gradle JVM as follows: 
 ```
-./gradlew build -DNonRESTCatalogs=HIVE
+./gradlew build -PNonRESTCatalogs=HIVE
 ```
 
 Without this flag, the Hive factory won't be compiled into Polaris and therefore Polaris will not load the class at runtime, throwing an unsupported exception for federated catalog calls.
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diff --git a/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/federation/hive-metastore-federation.md b/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/federation/hive-metastore-federation.md
index 0d39a5e4a0..026f037c85 100644
--- a/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/federation/hive-metastore-federation.md
+++ b/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/federation/hive-metastore-federation.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ property to include `HIVE` (and any other non-REST backends you need):
 
 ```bash
 ./gradlew :polaris-server:assemble :polaris-server:quarkusAppPartsBuild --rerun \
-  -DNonRESTCatalogs=HIVE -Dquarkus.container-image.build=true
+  -PNonRESTCatalogs=HIVE -Dquarkus.container-image.build=true
 ```
 
 `runtime/server/build.gradle.kts` wires the extension in only when this flag is present, so binaries